TRILOBITE - 465 million years old - Builth Wells, Wales
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465 million years old
Ordovician period
Gilwern Hill, Builth Wells, Wales
A nice example of a trilobite from Wales. It is from Ordovician rocks exposed in a quarry at Gilwern Hill, near Builth Wells in mid Wales.
Trilobites, an extinct class of marine animals, are the oldest of all the familiar fossils. They flourished in the seas during the Ordovician period, an early division of geological time.
Please note: Some photographs are taken using oblique lighting to make the fossil easier to see.
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Size: 7 x 5.5 x 1 centimetres
(trilobite 4.9 centimetres long)
Weight: 104 grams
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