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Description: | Four (a, b, c and d) well preserved complete fossil brachiopods of Eoplectodonta sp.? (a) Is the largest of the four specimens. It is dark grey in colour with very fine ribs and growth lines visible (13mm x 12mm x 3mm) (b) Is dark broen in colour with slightly more pronounced ribs in the centre of the specimen. On the top it has some areas of very fine grained matrix which has a grey colour to it. It has a flatter surface around the hinge area. On the one edge a small section has been broken off (12mm x 11mm x 3mm). (c) This specimen is dark grey in colour with very fine ribs and growth lines. The one growth line stands out from the rest (10mm x 9mm x 2mm) (d) This is the smallest of the four specimens. It is pale brown in colour with fine ribs. There are fine growth lines with 2 standing out a lot more from the others (8mm x 8mm x 2mm) These are all from the Silurian dating at c425my. This was collected from the Wrens Nest, Dudley, West Midlands. AR
A complete fossil 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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