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Description: | An unidentified tabulate coral measuring (59mm x 48mm x 17mm). The specimen has a flattened and domed shape. The fine grained matrix is pale brown in colour infilling the pores, with areas of lighter colour matrix. There are many very fine individual 0.5mm pores. The base of the specimen has the number 3 and 02/01 written in black ink indicating that this was collected from Steven Birchs locality 3 (GR SO 9370 9215). This specimen was from the Silurian Much Wenlock Limestone Formation, Nodular Member which is approximately 425my. Collected from the Wrens Nest, Dudley, West Midlands. This fossil was found in February 2001. CB
Fossil tabulate coral of an unidenified species, 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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