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Description: | A well preserved complete Sphaerirhynchia wilsoni brachiopod (11mm x 10mm x 8mm). The fossil is pale grey and brown in colour and covered in a small amount of fine grained pale brown matrix between the ribs. Growth lines and ribs can be seen. The brachiopod is heart shaped. The mouth is flattened and square in shape. The surface of the specimen is smooth. There are some pale white patches. This is Silurian, dating at c425my and was collected from the Wrens Nest, Dudley, West Midlands. AR
A fossil Sphaerirhynchia wilsoni brachiopod 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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