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Description: | This graptolite fossil is named after the famous 19th century geologist Adam Sedgwick who was one of the first scientists to study the geology of the Lake District. Graptolites look a bit like small fossilised 'saw-blades'. They represent the fossil skeletons of microscopic animals which floated near the surface of the Silurian sea. Each skeleton, or 'stipe', was home to a number of microscopic animals. They used tiny tentacles to capture particles of food from the sea water. | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | fossils natural world | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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