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Description: | A complete well preserved fossil rugose coral called Tryplasma sp. (28mm x 15mm x 14mm). The specimen narrows towards the bottom of the specimen (5mm) where it bends slightly. It is pale brown in colour with a fine grained pale brown matrix infilling it in places. The corallite structure is clearly seen with the radiating septa. This has a crystalline appearance. The the vertical septa can be seen as well as the horizontal tabulae. This creates a netted appearance. This is from the Much Wenlock Limestone Formation, Nodular Member. This specimen is Silurian in age and dates at c425my. Collected from the Wrens Nest, Dudley, West Midlands. AR
A complete fossil Tryplasma sp. 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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