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Description: | A very well preserved Anastrophia sp. brachiopod (12mm x 11mm x 8mm). The fossil is dark grey in colour. There is a small amount of fine grained pale brown matrix in between the ribs. A small hole is present on the pedicle valve. Small patch of crystalline dark grey mineralisation is present near the beak on the brachial valve. There is a very well formed fold (3mm). This is Silurian, dating at c425my and was collected from the Wrens Nest, Dudley, West Midlands. AR
A fossil of an Anastrophia sp. 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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