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Description: | A fairly well preserved complete fossil brachiopod called Plectatrypa sp. (21mm x 17mm x 13mm). It is pale grey in colour and covered with a pale brown fine grained matrix. The ribs are very prominant. and the growth lines are most clear on the pedicle valve along the ribs Some small secondary fossils are cemented to the ribs of the brachiopod. 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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