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Description: | A large fossil death assemblage. The main fossil is the rugose coral identified as Dokophyllum turbinatum. This specimen is fairly well preserved and pale grey in colour. The specimen consists of two large rugose corals within a pale brown fine grained matrix. Both rugose corals are incomplete. The tabulae and radiating septa are visible. Some root bases (up to15mm in length) are visibe on the base of the corals. Within the matrix are other fossil fragments of another Dokophyllum turbinatum rugose coral, brachiopods, bryozoa, crinoid ossicles and a Halysites catenularia tabulate coral (13mm x 11mm). The underside of the specimen contains an abundance of brachiopod fossils including atrypa reticularis and other brachiopod moulds. The specimen has a few patches of orange iron oxide staining. AR 30/04/2010
Fossil death assemblage including the rugose coral known as Dokophyllum turbinatum which is approximately 425 million years old | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Rights holder: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Subjects: | Fossils Geology Palaeontology Dr Fraser Collection | Temporal: | Silurian - Wenlock | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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