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Leonaspis coronatus (Salter, 1864)
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A extremely rare Trilobite from the famous classical locality Dudly in Shropshire. The specimen has a great colour and very fine preservation. The piece is from a old collection because the locality is today protected and it is forbidden to collect there. Because the Wrens Nest Site is today a national park and of course a SSSI, a site of special scientific interest. In fact it is UKs first geological related national park that was established. So no new finds will come from this place. The famous palaeontologist Sir Roderick Impey Murchison intensively researched this site. A lot of his results for his most famous book The Silurian System that he published in the year 1839 where found in Wrens Nest. | |||
Location: | Wrens Nest, Dudley, Worcestershire, UK | ||
| Size trilobite: | about 19 mm long | ||
| Age: | Silurian , Wenlock, Coalbrookdale Fm (about. 428 Mill. y.o.) | ||
Product no.: 2426