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Description: | A fossil brachiopod identified as Microsphaeridiorhynchus nucula, The specimen is brown in colour and is located within a small block of pale grey fine garined limestone. The growth lines can clearly be seen on the brachiopod which is covered in a small amount of matrix. On the underside of the specimen a cast of another Microsphaeridiorhynchus nucula brachiopod (7mm x 7mm). Previously identified as Rhynchonella nuclea. AR 05/05/2011
Original label on specimen `Rhyncb nucula Rhynco.... Whitcliffe Ludlow'.
A complete fossil brachiopod called Microsphaeridiorhynchus nucula which is approximately 420 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: | Natural history Fossils Geology Palaeontology Dr Fraser Collection | Temporal: | Silurian - Ludlow Series - Whitcliffian Stage | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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