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Description: | A cephalon of a Acaste downingiae measuring (11mm x 6mm x 2mm) which is grey in colour and partially covered by matrix. There are also two intact thorax, one also with a pygidium. The thorax measures (9mm x 9mm x 1mm), and the thorax with pygidium measures (17mm x 12mm x 2mm). Other secondary fossils include bryozoa sp., a bivalve sp. and two Rhynchotreta sp.. The fossils are preserved in a pale brown micrite matrix slab (65mm x 63mm x 37mm). Collected from the Much Wenlock Limestone Formation, Nodular Member. This specimen was obtained from the Wrens Nest, Dudley, West Midlands. CB
A fossil head of an Acaste downingiae trilobite and two Acaste body sections 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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