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Description: | A fossil trilobite known as Encrinurus punctatus. The specimen appears to be compressed laterally, making its body narrower. The fossil is complete and both genal spines are visible. The cephalon (head) is ornimented with many clear pinules. The fossil is preserved on a grey, fine grained limestone mud matrix. A pronounced ridge runs down the raised central section of the trilobite to the pygidium (tail). AR/CB 26/05/2010
Original label with blue border; Encrinurus punctatus, Malvern
A fossil trilobite known as Encrinurus punctatus from Malvern, around 425 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: | Silurian - Wenlock | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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