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Description: | Fossil bivalve identified as Pseudopecten equivalvis. This Lias aged specimen is well preserved and dark brown in colour. Only one valve is visible on the specimen. It is sat on a pale brown fine to medium grained matrix. The ribs are clearly visible and very well preserved. The specimen has been varnished. On the matrix there is also a fossil Gryphaea sp. which is buried in the sediment. The growth lines are clear on this specimen. On the underside of the matrix is a small crystalline area (22mm x 9mm). AR 30/04/2010
Two labels; One on original label; Stamp paper; ... aequivalvis Lyme R 1892 E; Two on original stamp paper; 38; Hand written on matrix; Black Ink; Scallop Triassic
Fossil bivalve known as Pseudopecten equivalvis which is approximately 180 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: | Jurassic - Lower | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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