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Description: | A fossil tabulate coral specimen idenified as Heliolites interstinctus. This specimen is brown in colour with a fine grained, pale brown mud matrix infilling the pores and covering the base. The corallites (pores) measure 1 - 2mm diameter, separated by thick walls containing finer pores. The fossil has bryozoa fossils cemented to its surface. The base is slightly concave with concentric growth rings. AR/CB 13/04/2010
Original label on stamp paper: Heliolites interstinctus
Fossil tabulate coral called Heliolites interstinctus from Wrens Nest, Dudley 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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