BIRUG 6034 Acidaspis brightii - Trilobite

BIRUG6034 is a Silurian Trilobite from Dudley, England. This species hails from the same quarry as the famous "Dudley Bug" (*Calymene blumenbachii*); in this specimen the majority of the cephalon (head) is preserved alongside a thorax (body) segment and fragments of bryozoans. The cephalon is quite bulbous towards the center and narrows quickly to the edges leading into spines on the sides and back of the cephalon. Being part of the genus *Acidaspis*, this trilobite would likely have had spines adorning its thorax and pygidium (tail). This trilobite was an epifaunal predator that likely hunted worms and other soft-bodied organisms. This specimen was collected from the Much Wenlock Limestone Formation in Dudley, was purchased from Charles Ketley in 1880 and now forms part of the Museum's Ketley Collection. Scanning was performed by Amir Rahman using an Artec Spider 3D scanner. Description by Jonathan Kimel. Source: Objaverse 1.0 / SketchfabBIRUG6034为产自英国达德利的志留纪三叶虫（Silurian Trilobite）。该物种与著名的“达德利虫”（*Calymene blumenbachii*）产自同一采石场。此标本保存了大部分头甲（cephalon，头部），同时附带一段胸甲（thorax，躯干）节段与苔藓虫（bryozoans）碎片。该头甲中部较为膨大，向边缘快速收窄，延伸出位于头甲侧边与后部的棘刺。该三叶虫隶属于尖盾三叶虫属（*Acidaspis*），其胸甲与尾甲（pygidium，尾部）大概率带有装饰性棘刺。作为底表捕食者（epifaunal predator），该三叶虫大概率以蠕虫及其他软体生物为食。 该标本采自英国达德利的文德洛克灰岩组（Much Wenlock Limestone Formation），于1880年从查尔斯·凯特利（Charles Ketley）处购得，现隶属于该博物馆的凯特利藏品（Ketley Collection）。扫描工作由阿米尔·拉赫曼（Amir Rahman）使用Artec Spider 三维扫描仪（Artec Spider 3D scanner）完成。标本描述由乔纳森·基梅尔（Jonathan Kimel）撰写。 数据来源：Objaverse 1.0 / Sketchfab