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Description: | Specimen of a fossil trilobite, Paradoxides davidis, collected from the Davidis Zone, St David's Group of Middle Cambrian, Menevian age from Porth-y-rhaw, St. Davids, Dyfed (Wales). Collected by T.H. Pettigrew, 1960.
Paradoxides davidis is 40 cm long and is the largest fossil trilobite recorded from the UK. It is named after St. Davids (West Wales), the UK's smallest city. This specimen is incomplete and only part of the pygidium (tail) and thorax (body) are preserved.
The specimen was found in Wales.
It is from the Cambrian period (545 - 495 million years ago) | Publisher: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Subjects: | Pettigrew T.H. Classification: Animalia Invertebrata Trilobita Arthropoda | Temporal: | Cambrian period (545 - 495 million years ago) | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/geofinder/se... | Go to resource |
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