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Description: | A complete well preserved specimen of a fossil Acervularia ananas tabulate coral. (18mm x 18mm x 21mm). The specimen contains five corallites which form a circular pattern. They are separated by a cell wall. It is a colonial organism. A circular structure holds the individual corallites together. The underside of the specimen has a fine grained pale brown matrix. As a whole the specimen is brown/pale brown in colour. On the side of the specimen written in black ink is the number 8B. This refers to Steven Birchs locality 8B (grif ref SO 9370 9160). This specimen is from the Much Wenlock Limestone Formation, Nodular Member and is Silurian in age. This dates it at c425my and was collected from the Wrens Nest, Dudley, West Midlands. AR
A fossil Acervularia ananas tabulate 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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