Description

Chancia palliseri
Trilobite
Middle Cambrian
Burgess Shale, Stephens Formation
Field, British Columbia, Canada

17mm trilobite plus partials on 105mm slab. Rare.

Arthropod. Multiple.

Chancia is a trilobite genus known from a few Middle Cambrian sites across North America (B.C., Canada, Washington, Utah, Idaho, Pennsylvania). The Burgess Shale occurrence has made it semi-famous.

Interesting piece with trilobites coming and going – a nice one in the middle.