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Description: | A well preserved slab of complete circoconarida Tentaculites scaloris & ornatus. The pale grey micrite slab measures (81mm x 67mm x 12mm). The specimens narrow to a point from a wider, flat end 1mm - 2mm across. The specimens have a number of ribs or growth lines along their length alternating from large to fine ridges. The fossils vary in length from 5mm to 19mm, with the shorter specimen wider than the longer examples. The matrix slab preserves trilobite thorasic segments in cross section, crinoid ossicles, bryozoa and possible Resserella sp. brachiopods. This specimen was from the Silurian Much Wenlock Limestone Formation, Nodular Member which is approximately 425my. The number 5 has been written on the specimen in black ink. This indicates that this specimen was collected from Steven Birchs locality 5 (GR SO 9370 9205) which is within the Much Wenlock Limestone Formation, Nodular Member. This was collected from the Wrens Nest, Dudley, West Midlands. CB
Complete fossils of Tentaculites scaloris and ornatus, which are 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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