Object Details

Trilobite
(Animalia, Invertebrata, Arthropoda, Trilobita, Ogygiocarella Angustissima)

Collected by : Joseph Duff
Builth Wells, Powys
Llandeilo Flags, Ordovician, Llanvirn, Llandeilian

Trilobites are so named because their shells are divided into three lobes. Their shells are made up of a central ridge (called an axial lobe) with a lobe on each side (called pleural lobes). The broad flattened shape of the shell suggests that this trilobite crawled on the seabed scavenging for food.

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NEWHM:G144.01  hmgfoss.mdf (Hancock Museum Fossil Collection)

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