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Description: | A well preserved pygidium Acaste sp. measuring (19mm x 15mm x 6mm) which is dark grey coloured. The upper thorax and cephalon are missing. The specimen is preserved in a light brown micrite slab (36mm x 32mm x 17mm). There are numerous small shelly fragments, and a possible cross section of the trilobite next to the Acaste sp. On the underside in black ink the number 8B can be seen which indicates that this specimen is from locality 8B on Steven Birchs locality list (GR SO 9390 9160). This specimen was from the Coalbrookdale Formation. CB
A fossil tail of an Acaste sp. trilobite from the Wrens Nest, Dudley around 425 million years old. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Dudley Museums Service | Rights holder: | Dudley Museums Service | Subjects: | Steven Birch Collection Geology | Temporal: | Silurian - Wenlock | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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