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Description: | A fairly well preserved coral called Cyatophyllum sp., which is a solitary rugose coral (16mm x 13mm x 12mm). The corrallite part of the specimen is covered in a pale brown fine grained matrix. The tabulae can easily be seen but have been infilled with the matrix in places. The fossil itself is grey in colour. This specimen was found in the Coalbrookdale Formation. This gastropod is Silurian age, dating it at c425my and was collected from the Wrens Nest, Dudley, West Midlands. AR
A complete fossil Cyatophyllum sp. rugose coral 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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