Meadowtownella trentonensis


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CLASS - Trilobita
ORDER - Odontopleurida
FAMILY - Odontopleuridae
GENUS/SPECIES - Primaspis trentonensis

ROCK UNIT - Rust Member, Denley Limestone, Trenton Group

AGE - Middle Ordovician (465 million years old)

LOCALITY - Town of Russia, New York, USA


This tiny trilobite (a little less than 1 cm long) is distinctive for the many long spines along the edge of its body.

PRI 41459


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