Bathyuriscus wasatchensis from Spence Shale of Utah


Bathyuriscus wasatchensis (Resser 1939)

Class Trilobita, Order Corynexochida, Suborder Corynexochina, Superfamily Corynexochoidea, Family Dolichometopidae

Geological Time: Middle Cambrian

Fossil Site: Langston Formation, Spence Shale, Wellsville Mountains, Utah


Description: Coming from the Cambrian Spence Shale of Utah this is a fine example of the trilobite Bathyuruiscus wasatchensis. Resser described this and numerous other species from the locality in 1939; Walcott also described many in the early part of the 20th century.

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