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Description: | Well preserved complete fossil brachiopod of Leptaena depressa measuring (44mm x 26mm x 12mm) with a fine grained light brown micrite matrix on the reverse. There is a thin layer of matrix aross the ribs of the brachiopod surface. A number 5 on the underside in black ink indicates that this specimen was collected from Steven Birchs locality 5 at the Wrens Nest, Dudley (GR SO 9370 9205) in the Much Wenlock Limestone Formation, Nodular Member. AR/CB
A complete fossil Leptaena depressa 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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