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Description: | A possible complete rolled Bumatus sp.? trilobite (20mm x 18mm x 15mm). The fossil has a dark brown, spherical appearence of a possible rolled trilobite. The smooth cephalon (head) and pygidium (tail) are visible. There is a block of pale brown, oxidised micrite matrix and large mat-like bryozoa (22mm x 15mm x 2mm) cemented on one side of the specimen. The matrix contains shelly fragments, with small mm scale gastropods on the specimen surface. This is Silurian, dating at c425my and was collected from the Wrens Nest, Dudley, West Midlands. CB/AR
A possible rolled fossil Bumatus sp.? trilobite which is approximately 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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