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Description: | The graptolite is preserved within a fissile black shale matrix. The very well preserved graptolite is a pale grey colour. The specimen consists of two stipes (stems) up to 25mm in length joined at a central point known as a sicula. The graptolite is pendant in shape. Some of the theca are visible. CB/AR 04/05/2010
Original label; Stamp paper; Didymograptus furcillatus Up. Arenig. Ramsey Isla... L; In pencil on matrix; 69a; Modern label; White square; 2 in black ink
Fossil graptolite called Didymograptus murchisoni from Ramsey Island, Dyfed which is approximately 470 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: | Ordovician | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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