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Description: | A very well preserved but incomplete bryozoan sp. This is an unkown species. It is dark grey/brown in colour. The actual specimen has a part measuring 10mm missing towards the centre. The other two halves measure 24mm x 5mm x 1mm and 52mm x 5mm x 1mm. The specimen is the same in width along both parts. There is a fine lace texture running the length of the specimen whcih shows the individual pores forming lines. It is pencil shaped and has been flattened. Down the centre of the specimen there is a slight ridge. It has been fractured in four places which have been glued back together with a pale yellow glue/resin. The bryozoan is within a pale brown slab (115mm x 62mm x 17mm)of a micritic shale. This matrix has infilled some of the individual pores on the specimen. There are some secondary fossils visible however due to the poor preservation of them, they are difficult to identify. These include brachiopods and a possible gastropod. One of these secondary fossils shows a ribbed tecture. These fossils are covered in dark grey/black patches. The one edge of the shale shows a darker colouration due to it being more weathered. On the underside of the specimen is the number 10 in black ink. This indicates that this specimen was collected from Steven Birchs locality 10 (grid ref SO 9380 9160). This was from the Coalbrookdale Formation. This is Silurian dating at c425my and was collected from the Wrens Nest, Dudley, West Midlands. This specimen is yet to be identified. AR
A unknown fossil bryozoan sp. which is approximately 425 million years old | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Dudley Museums Service | Rights holder: | Dudley Museums Service | Subjects: | Steven Birch Collection Geology | Temporal: | Silurian - Wenlock | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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