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Description: | A very well preserved complete fossil brachiopod called Atrypa reticularis (12mm x 13mm x 7mm). It is brown in colour. The ribs and growth lines can be clearly seen. The specimen is covered in a pale brown fine grained matrix which infills between the ribs. This highlights the ribs and growth lines. This is from the Much Wenlock Limestone Formation, Nodular Member. This is Silurian in age and dates at c425my. Collected from the Wrens Nest, Dudley, West Midlands. AR
A fossil brachiopod called Atrypa reticularis 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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