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Description: | A well preserved Atrypa reticularis brachiopod (11mm x 10mm x 6mm). The fossil is dark grey in colour and covered in a small amount of fine grained pale brown matrix, particularly around the edges of the valve. Only one prominant growth line is visible on both valves. The area around the hinge line and beak is well preserved and has not been infilled with matrix. This is Silurian, dating at c425my and was collected from the Wrens Nest, Dudley, West Midlands. AR
A fossil of an Atrypa reticularis 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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