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Description: | A well preserved complete unidentified coral sp.?, a solitary rugose coral measuring (27mm x 7mm x 5mm). The coral narrows towards the base with a point. The specimen is partially covered in a pale brown coloured micrite cement. Growth lines are well visible on the fossil. A branch-like bryozoa is cemented on the top of the specimen. The fossil coral appears to the an undulating structure widening and narrowing along its length with a kink in the centre. This is Silurian in age and dates at c425my. This was collected from the Wrens Nest, Dudley, West Midlands. CB
A complete fossil of an unidentified rugose coral sp.? 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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