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Hi,

I have recently visited Wren's Nest, Dudley and I spotted this trilobite just as I was leaving. Could it be the trilobite Dalmanites? Another common trilobite from the area is Calymene blumenbachii, although it has a small spine, so I don't think it could be that. 

There's a few brachiopods surrounding it, I believe one is Leptaena? 

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There's also this smaller one in the middle of this photo, is it a trilobite? It's 5mm across. All are from the Silurian. 

Thank you :)

 

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Yes, it looks like Dalmanites, I think Dalmanites myops is the likely species. 

The brachiopod seems to be Leptaena depressa. 

The small one might be Acaste downingiae, but someone else needs to confirm that.

@piranha Scott? 

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25 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

Yes, it looks like Dalmanites, I think Dalmanites myops is the likely species. 

The brachiopod seems to be Leptaena depressa. 

The small one might be Acaste downingiae, but someone else needs to confirm that.

@piranha Scott? 

Thank you. :)

 

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13 minutes ago, piranha said:

The small one looks like a garden variety calymenid mail?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmail.yimg.com%2Fok%2Fu%2Fassets%2Fimg%2Femoticons%2Femo20.gif&t=1631553013&ymreqid=23281213-8dc1-3cff-1c5d-2a0003014100&sig=Ffuvi2txP2AHJZK4IH7M3A--~Dmail?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmail.yimg.com%2Fok%2Fu%2Fassets%2Fimg%2Femoticons%2Femo71.gif&t=1631553013&ymreqid=23281213-8dc1-3cff-1c5d-2a0003014100&sig=hpSXIGuEIYoSn66iZxXuAQ--~D

Thank you, I saw a few of them on larger rocks. :)

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