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Description: | Part of the thorax and pygidium of a Acaste downingiae measuring (10mm x 12mm x 4mm) which is dark grey in colour. Preserved in a pale brown micrite matrix slab (30mm x 26mm x 11mm) containing brachiopod and crinoid fragments. The specimen is a small fracture throught the centre. The end of the pygidium is missing on one side. The number 8C has been written on the side of the matrix in black ink. This indicates that this specimen was collected from Steven Birchs locality 8C (GR SO 9390 9160) which is within the Coalbrookdale Formation. This specimen was collected from the Wrens Nest, Dudley, West Midlands. CB
A tail of a fossilised Acaste downingiae trilobite from the Wrens Nest, Dudley around 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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