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Description: | A well preserved complete fossil brachiopod called Atrypa reticularis (21mm x 21mm x 12mm). It is brown in colour. The ribs can be clearly seen. There are small patches of a with a pearly appearance. A pale brown fine grained matrix can be seen around the edges of the valves. A secondary bryozoa (7mm x 5mm) can be seen near the beak on the one valve. This has trapped some of the matrix. 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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