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Description: | A complete Ketophyllum subturbinatum, a fossil solitary rugose coral measuring (68mm x 61mm x 45mm). The coral narrows towards the base with a broken, flat point. The specimen is significantly covered in a pale brown coloured micrite matrix. Growth lines are well defined on the fractured fossil surface. There appears to be a number of broken root bases on the flanks of the specimen. The coral has many mat-like bryozoa and a syringopora coral cemented to the surface. This is Silurian in age and dates at c425my. The number 8B has been written on the specimen in black ink. This indicates that this specimen was collected from Steven Birchs locality 8B (GR SO 9390 9160) which is within the Coalbrookdale Formation. This was collected from the Wrens Nest, Dudley, West Midlands. CB
A complete fossil Ketophyllum subturbinatum rugose 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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