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Description: | Two complete fossil brachiopods (a & b) which are known as Atrypa sp. and are well preserved. (a) This is grey in colour, with a fine grained pale brown matrix and iron oxide staining. Displays one clear growth line on the brachial valve. Measuring (9mm x 8mm x 5mm). (b) As specimen a, but with a higher matrix cement around the pedicle valve. Measuring (8mm x 7mm x 5mm). These were from the Coalbrookdale Formation, Wrens Nest, Dudley, West Midlands. AR
A fossil brachiopod called Atrypa sp. 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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