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Description: | A complete fossil Salopina lunata brachiopod (9.5mm x 9mm x 6.5mm). The fossil has smooth valves and preserved in calcite. Growth lines are visible. The is a small circular 1.5mm bryozoa fragment below the number 1 on the edge of the brachial valve. On the brachial valve, is the number 1in black ink. This indicates that this specimen was collected from Steven Birchs locality 1 (GR SO 9370 9220), from the Much Wenlock Limestone Formation. This is Silurian, dating at c425my and was collected from the Wrens Nest, Dudley, West Midlands. CB/AR
A complete fossil Salopina lunata 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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