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Description: | A fossil Asaphellus homfrayi trilobite preserved in a fine grained shale matrix, grey in colour. The fossil has been crushed and deformed with some damage to the cephalon (head). There are light scratch marks on the matrix base. Also preserved are Macrocystella mariae cystoid casts, with their stems and thecal plates. The cystoids show iron oxide weathering. AR/CB 04/05/2010
Original label; Stamp paper; Asaphellus homfrayi, Shineton Shales.
Fossil trilobite called Asaphellus homfrayi from Shineton Shales which is approximately 500 million years old | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Rights holder: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Subjects: | Fossils Geology Palaeontology Dr Fraser Collection | Temporal: | Cambrian - Tremadoc | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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