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Description: | Two types of fossil rugose corals identified as Lonsdaleia rugosa and; Lithostrotion junceum. The specimen is cut and polished and consists of a number of individual corallites. The corals display clear septa and are pale brown and crystalline. They measure from 4mm x 4mm up to 27mm x 24mm. One coral is viewed side on and displays the septa and tabulae (18mm x 8mm). The corals are within a dark grey fine grained matrix which contains other fossil fragments from corals. AR/CB 17/05/2010
Two labels on specimen; One original label; Square white;Dr Fraser handwriting; Lonsdaleia rugosa 2/- +Lithostrontian junceum Lesmahgow; Second; Merchant label; Oval with blue border and text; A. J. R. Solater, Madrepore Worker, 43, Northumberland Place, Teignmouth, Dealer in Minerals, Fossils, British and Foreign Shells; Red writing on matrix; ?4
Two fossil rugose corals called Lonsdaleia rugosa and Lithostrotion junceum which is approximately 330 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: | Carboniferous - Mississippian | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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