Burlingia ovata, from the Kaili Formation, Middle Cambrian, Guizhou Province, China.

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Burlingia ovata

$200.00

Vendor: Lagerstätte Land

SKU Number: SQ2075742

An exceptionally rare and complete specimen of the trilobite, Burlingia ovata, from the Kaili Formation, Middle Cambrian, Guizhou Province, China.

Burlingia is a Burgess Shale-Like trilobite fauna that lived between 516 - 513 million years ago in what is now South-East China. It was fast-moving, had well-developed vision and thought to be carnivorous.

This specimen is about 5.10 mm and has both the positive and negative of the trilobite.

Full dimensions are listed below.

Vendor: Lagerstätte Land

SKU Number: SQ2075742

An exceptionally rare and complete specimen of the trilobite, Burlingia ovata, from the Kaili Formation, Middle Cambrian, Guizhou Province, China.

This specimen is about 5.10 mm and has both the positive and negative of the trilobite.

Full dimensions are listed below.

Specimen Details
Species Name:Burlingia ovataOrder / Family:incertae sedis / BurlingiidaeAge:Middle CambrianLocality:Guizhou ProvinceFormation:Kaili Formation

Matrix Dimensions
Dimensions:In CentimetersLength:4.50 cmWidth:4.00 cmThickness:1.00 cmWeight:36 grams

Specimen Dimensions
Dimensions:In millimetersLength:5.10 mmWidth:2.95 mmThickness:NegligableWeight:36 grams

Shipping Dimensions
Dimensions:In InchesLength:10.0 inchesWidth:7.0 inchesHeight:3.0 inchesWeight:Under 1 lbs

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Description:

Burlingia ovata is a small Middle Cambrian trilobite from South-East China.

The first three specimens of this strange little trilobite were found by Lancaster Burling when he accompanied Charles Walcott on his first visit to Mount Stephen in 1907. burlingiids have consistently proven difficult to fit into any current trilobite phylogeny. Dorsal shields vary from nearly circular to elongate ovoid in outline and specimens appear almost flat due to mechanical distortion and compression of the very thin exoskeleton. The cephalon has a semicircular to rounded triangular shape with the genal corners acutely angled, but not drawn out into spines.

Cambrian Burlingiid trilobites are of enigmatic origin and uncertain systematic affinity. Their relationship with other Cambrian trilobites is obscure and they cannot, with confidence, be related to any post-Cambrian trilobites such as the Phacopids.