Fossil commonplace around central parts of wild Gobi (9)
I believe the answer is:
trilobite
'fossil' is the definition.
(extinct creatures represented in the fossil record)
'commonplace around central parts of wild gobi' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'around' could be 'o' (a round letter) and 'o' is located in the answer.
'parts' could be 'bit' (bit part is a kind of part) and 'bit' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for trilobite that I've seen before include "Fossil arthropod" , "Extinct arthropod" , "find on Lyme Regis beach?" , "Extinct animal" , "Bitter oil (anag.)" .)