Specimen Name: Bumastus ioxus
Specimen Code: 28TRILO00003
Acquisition Method: Purchased (date unknown)
Locale: Caleb’s Quarry, Middleport, New York, USA
Formation: Rochester Shale Formation
Geologic Time Period: Early Silurian Period
Taxonomy:
Eukarya – Animalia – Arthropoda – Trilobitomorpha – Trilobita – Corynexochida – Illaenina – Styginidae – Bumastinae – Bumastus – Ioxus
Description of Specimen:
A small, brownish trilobite with a globular cephalon and pygidium, the former of which has some crushing; it is on a grey shale matrix including several marine impressions and a crushed shell
Measurements of Specimen:
- Specimen 03: 25mm x 16mm x >1mm
- Matrix: 125mm x 73mm x 27mm
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