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Description: | A very well preserved complete fossil brachiopod called Plectatrypa sp. (20mm x 17mm x 12mm). It is dark grey in colour and covered with a small amount of pale brown fine grained matrix. The ribs are very prominant. The growth lines are very fine aand are most clear around the large (8mm) zig-zag shaped fold. Some small secondary fossils are cemented to the ribs of the brachiopod.The area around the beak on the brachial valve is raised very slightly. This is Silurian, dating at c425my and was collected from the Wrens Nest, Dudley, West Midlands. AR
A fossil brachiopod called Plectatrypa 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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