Specimen Name: Asaphiscus wheeleri
Specimen Code: 28TRILO00001
Acquisition Method: Purchased (November 2010)
Locale: Utah, USA
Formation: Wheeler Shale Formation
Geologic Time Period: Cambrian Period
Taxonomy:
Eukarya – Animalia – Arthropoda – Trilobitomorpha – Trilobita – Ptychopariida – Ptychopariina – Ptychoparioidea – Asaphiscidae – Asaphiscus – Wheeleri
Description of Specimen:
A fairly flat, egg-shaped, dark brown dorsal exoskeleton fossil with both cephalon lobes missing (glabella is intact) on a light brownish grey matrix
Measurements of Specimen:
- Specimen 01: 40mm x 24mm x 0mm
- Matrix: 125mm x 80mm x 18mm
The Fossil Ark 