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Description: | A completefairly well preserved Meristina obtusa brachiopod (29mm x 27mm x 18mm). It is dark grey in colour and covered with a pale brown fine grained matrix. The ornimentation is smooth with a fold at the base of the valves. Down the centre of the pedicle valve there is a straight line forming a slight ridge wither side. There are patches of red iron oxide staining on the matrix. On the one side in black ink is the number 12. This indicates that this specimen was collected from Steven Birchs locality 12 (grid ref SO 9380 9190). This is from within the Coalbrookdale Formation. This is Silurian dating at c425my and was collected from the Wrens Nest, Dudley, West Midlands. AR
A fossil Meristina obtusa 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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