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Some stuff from Dudley, I'll have photos of the rest once I'm back from Easter (I forgot my camera..), I'll have done a lot more prep work by then as well 
The big block with the huge Dalmanites cephalon, the largest known are around 7-8cm and this cephalon reachs around 4.5 cm wide, and would possibly rival that! The block also contains many other trilobite cephale, some cross sections of trilobites 'diving down' into the rock, one or possibly two pygidia, as well as many many brachiopods, a small patch of coral, and some wonderfully preserved bryozoans. (I'll do close ups once I have my camera back)
Detail shot of the cephalon, with a relatively large brachiopod to the left of the penny, and the top of a smaller cephalon to the right. Bottom left is a small brachiopod, and just to the left of the large cephalon is a branching bryozoan.
NEW PICTURES
Overview of block
Detail of middle, just above the large cephalon
Detail of cephalon
As above, showing width
Brachiopods, Bryozoa etc just below the large cephalon
Brachipod & at least 3/4 trilobites (one cephalon, three cross sections 'diving down' into the rock
Larger trilobite cross section 'diving down'
Possible top of another cephalon
Brachiopod, corals, bryozoa and trilobite pygidium
Brachiopod
The big block with the huge Dalmanites cephalon, the largest known are around 7-8cm and this cephalon reachs around 4.5 cm wide, and would possibly rival that! The block also contains many other trilobite cephale, some cross sections of trilobites 'diving down' into the rock, one or possibly two pygidia, as well as many many brachiopods, a small patch of coral, and some wonderfully preserved bryozoans. (I'll do close ups once I have my camera back)
Detail shot of the cephalon, with a relatively large brachiopod to the left of the penny, and the top of a smaller cephalon to the right. Bottom left is a small brachiopod, and just to the left of the large cephalon is a branching bryozoan.
NEW PICTURES
Overview of block
Detail of middle, just above the large cephalon
Detail of cephalon
As above, showing width
Brachiopods, Bryozoa etc just below the large cephalon
Brachipod & at least 3/4 trilobites (one cephalon, three cross sections 'diving down' into the rock
Larger trilobite cross section 'diving down'
Possible top of another cephalon
Brachiopod, corals, bryozoa and trilobite pygidium
Brachiopod
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