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Description: | A fossil Syringopora sp., a colonial tabulate coral measuring (45mm x 32mm x 13mm). The coral forms tube-like structures 0.5mm - 1mm across. The specimen is significantly covered in a pale brown coloured micrite cement (55mm x 37mm x 21mm) with unweathered grey areas. Bryozoa, crinoid segments and brachiopods are visible within the matrix. The matrix is heavily oxidised in a number of areas. This is Silurian in age and dates at c425my. This specimen was collected from within the Much Wenlock Limestone Formation, Nodular Member. Found at the Wrens Nest, Dudley, West Midlands. CB
A fossil Syringopora sp. tabulate coral 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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