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Description: | A complete dark grey coloured Atrypa sp. brachiopod (13mm x 12mm x 7mm). In between the ribs there is a pale brown fine grained matrix. Some of these ribs have been broken near the beak. The majority of the growth lines are smooth but there are 3 on each valve which are clearly visible. There are small fragments of fossils which are unidentifiable on the brachial valve.This specimen is Silurian in age and dates at c425my. Collected from the Wrens Nest, Dudley, West Midlands. AR
A complete fossil Atrypa sp. brachiopod 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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