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Description: | A number of fossil brachiopods identified as Protochonetes missendenensis ludlovensis. There are two complete brachiopods and numerous fragments which are all coated in red iron oxide. The growth lines can be seen on the larger of the complete brachiopods. The matrix is made up of a pale brown fine grained calcareous siltstone. The brachiopods were previously identified as Chonetes Striatella. AR 05/05/2011
Original label (stamp paper, red margin) on specimen `Chonetes Striatella, Up. Ludlow. Malvern'.
A slab of siltstone containing a number of brachiopods called Protochonetes missendenensis ludlovensis 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: | 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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