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Description: | Two fossil crinoid stems identified as Pentacrinites fittoni, which are dark grey in colour. The specimens are star shapped with a pentagonal symmetry and rounded edges. The matrix is a pale grey, fine grained clay. In cross section the stems have fine lines towards the inner part of the stem ossicle. The upper stem has two small fractures through the width. This specimen is of Cretaceous age and was collected from the Gault Clay. AR/CB 07/06/2010
Original label; Stamp paper; Pentacrinites fittoni Gault 1893
Fossil crinoid stems identified as Pentacrinites fittoni approximately 100 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: | Cretaceous - Albian | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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