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Description: | A slab containing two complete and one incomplete fossil bivalves identified as Pterinea retroflexa. They are grey in colour and fine grained. They are within a fine grained limestone matrix which is the same colour as the fossils. On the underside of the specimen there is an incomplete (9mm x 4mm) brachiopod and a complete (13mm x 8mm) on on the top side, they have been identified as Protochonetes ludloviensis. AR 08/06/2011
Original label on specimen (stamp paper, purple margin) `Pterinea retroflexa Up.Ludlow Kendal'.
Fossil bivalves called Pterinea retroflexa which are 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 | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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