Nileus vigilans (Meek & Worthen, 1870)

  • UC 35440 label
    Photographer: Kristin Smith : Field Museum of Natural History - Department of Geology
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: 2018 Summer IMLS Ordovician Digitization Project. Arthropod label
  • UC 35440 group
    Photographer: Kristin Smith : Field Museum of Natural History - Department of Geology
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: 2018 Summer IMLS Ordovician Digitization Project. Arthropod fossil
  • UC 35440 single
    Photographer: Kristin Smith : Field Museum of Natural History - Department of Geology
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: 2018 Summer IMLS Ordovician Digitization Project. Arthropod fossil
Catalog Number: UC 35440
Taxonomic Name: Nileus vigilans (Meek & Worthen, 1870)
FM Catalog: Fossil Invertebrates
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Asaphida
Period: Ordovician
Formation: Maquoketa Shale
Coordinates Available?: No
Country: United States of America
State/Province/Territory: Iowa
County: Fayette
Township: Elgin
EMu IRN: 3884002
Occurrence ID: dd8ae269-9fdc-4024-9b15-f43fa3b057bd

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