Changaspis elongata, Cambrian trilobite fossil. Trilobites were arthropods that fed as they crawled on the seabed. They lived between 500 and 300 mill
Changaspis elongata, Cambrian trilobite fossil. Trilobites were arthropods that fed as they crawled on the seabed. They lived between 500 and 300 million years ago and are now extinct. This specimen dates from the Lower Cambrian, and was found in the Tsanglanpu Stage, Balang Formation, Danzia, Youn Nan, Giizhou Province, China. This complete individual specimen has a wide border to the cephalon. The hypostoma has pushed through form the underside. Long spines extend from every pleural and pygidial segment. There are serrated edges to the librigenes. This specimen is centimetres long.
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