Trilobite tail
Department of Earth Sciences’ Geology Museum
This is the tail section, or pygidium, of a trilobite from the Ordovician period (444-488 million years ago) and comes from the Hope Shales at Leigh in Shropshire. The species was first described by W. F. Whittard (then Bristol University’s Chaning Wills Professor of Geology) in 1964. It was named Ogyygiocaris seavilli in honour of Edward Seavill, the department’s photographer and superintendent, who prepared almost all of the superbly detailed photos that illustrated Whittard’s palaeontological work. Seavill joined the staff of the University in 1925 as a 14 year old ‘Lab. Boy,’ retiring in 1976 after 50 years service.
- Item reference: BRSUG 20483 Ogyygiocaris seavilli
- Photographer: Simon Powell
- Copyright: Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol
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