Trilobites
Order Ptychopariida, Suborder Olenina, Superfamily
Olenoidea,
Family Olenidae
Geologic Age: Ordovician
Trilobite is 88 mm long
Upper Tremadoc Series of Portmadoc, North Wales
Remarks: Angelina
sedgwicki was named for the Reverend Adam Sedgwick, the 19th Century
Cambridge geologist
who coined the term "Cambrian". This is one of the classic
trilobite species found at this location, which has been collected
for well over 100 years. The distortion and stretching is prototypical
for the locality.
Also see: European Trilobites
