RARE British Silurian TRILOBITE Fossil BESSAZOON TENUIMUCRONATUM Eyes Optics

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CEPHALON OF THE RARE BRITISH WENLOCK SILURIAN TRILOBITEBESSAZOON TENUIMUCRONATUMLlandovery Series Shropshire Collected close to the Classic type area of Wenlock Edge in Shropshire, England, this is an example of a cephalon of from the rare Llandovery series trilobite Bessazoon tenuimucronatum, from the Purple Hughley Shalesshowing the head shield and lens detail to the schizochroal compound eyes, this trilobite is described in the literature from partial remains onlypreserved in a soft mudstone which is very difficult to extract good fossils from the specimen is smallthe matrix measuring just 3.5cm by 3cm approx., trilobite cephalon measures 1.5cm across approxA VERY RARE BRITISH SILURIAN TRILOBITE ONLY DESCRIBED IN THE LITERATURE FROM PARTIAL REMAINSPLEASE NOTE THE SMALL SIZE OF THE SPECIMEN THE PICTURES HAVE BEEN ENLARGED TO SHOW DETAIL IF PICTURES FAIL TO APPEAR CORRECTLYJUST I have many more rare and interesting items listed in my other auctions. Please POSTAGE AND SHIPPING INFORMATIONFirst Class Recorded Post within the UK £ 4.10Shipping by Air to Europe £ 3.00Shipping by Air to the U.S & the Rest of World £ 3.50ALL POSTAL QUOTES ARE FOR BASIC UNTRACKED SERVICES ONLYTRACKED INSURED SERVICES ARE RECOMMENDED FOR MORE EXPENSIVE ITEMS ALL ITEMS WILL BE WELL PACKED FOR SAFE SHIPPING I will ship Internationally anywhere in the World. read more