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Description: | Fossil bivalve identified as Gresslya peregrina var. rostrata. This specimen is very well preserved and red/brown in colour. The growth lines are clear on this specimen. Some small fractures run through the specimen. A brown fine grained matrix is concerntrated around the beak. The valves are broken away on the one side to reveal a brown fine grained matrix infill. There is a lot of orange iron oxide on the specimen. The growth lines are smooth. Collected from the Inferior Oolite. AR 30/04/2010
Original label; Stamp paper; Creslya restrata
Fossil bivalve known as Gresslya peregrina var. rostrata which is approximately 170 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 - Middle | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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