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Description: | Two fossil bivalves identified as Neithea sexacostata. The specimen consists of two bivalves preserved in white cut chalk blocks. Some iron oxide staining is present. Both valves display excellent ribs and fine growth lines. The four large ribs with finer ribs in between. One specimen has part of the outer shell broken off to reveal a white chalk infill. Only the upper dorsal valves are visible. AR/CB
Two fossil bivalves identified as Neithea sexacostata, which is around 80 million years old from the Coral Rag | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Sandwell Museums | Rights holder: | Sandwell Museums | Subjects: | Geology Palaeontology | Temporal: | Cretaceous - Upper | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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