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Description: | Part of a cephalon from Calymene sp. measuring (27mm x 13mm x 6mm) which is dark grey in colour. Preserved in a pale grey micrite matrix slab (60mm x 37mm x 27mm). The matrix contains crinoid stem sections, bryozoa (Fistulipora sp.). Brachiopods include Leptaena sp. and Gypidula sp. aswell as other unidentified brachiopods. The cephalon is partially covered by the matrix and one eye has been broken off. The central glabella is fractured. On the base of the matrix the number 5 is written in black ink, indicating that this specimen was collected from Steven Birchs locality 5 (GR SO 9370 9205) at the Wrens Nest, Dudley. This specimen was from the Much Wenlock Limestone Formation, Nodular Member. CB
Part of a fossilised head of an Calymene sp. trilobite from the Wrens Nest, Dudley around 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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