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Description: | A poorly preserved fossil stem from an unidentified Crinoid sp. (14mm x 11mm x 6mm). It is dark grey in colour. Across one half of the specimen there is a pale brown fine grained matrix. The individual ossicles are very thin. There aretwo possible spine or hair bases. In cross section the stems are oval in shape indicating that this specimen may have been flattened during deposition. This was collected from the Wrens Nest, Dudley, West Midlands. AR
A fossil crinoid stem from an unknown Crinoid 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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