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Description: | A brurrow trace fossil called Thalassinoids?, range of burrow widths is 12 - 20mm. Preserved within a pale brown micrite slab (175mm x 140mm x 32mm). The burrows are convex from the matrix with oxidation staining. Secondary fossils within the matrix include brachiopods and bryozoa. On the base of the specimen is the number 7 in black ink. This indicates that this specimen was collected from Steven Birchs locality 7 (GR SO 9370 9150). This specimen is from the Much Wenlock Limestone Formation, Nodular Member. This is Silurian, dating at c425my and was collected from the Wrens Nest, Dudley, West Midlands. AR/CB
A burrow trace fossil called Thalassinoids? 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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