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Description: | A well preserved almost complete specimen of a fossil Euomphalopterus sp. gastropod (44mm x 34mm x 9mm). The gastropod is dark grey in colour but brown towards the centre. It is colied. The outer whorl is widened and fairly flat. Parts of the outer whorl have been broken off. Overall this gastropod is fairly flat in shape. On the underside of the specimen bryozoa can be seen on the surface. These have trapped a pale brown fine grained sediment which covers the specimen mostly on the back but also towards the centre of the main coil. This specimen was found in the Coalbrookdale Formation. This gastropod is Silurian age, dating it at c425my and was collected from the Wrens Nest, Dudley, West Midlands. AR
A complete fossil Euomphalopterus sp. gastropod 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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