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Description: | A well preserved rolled up Calymene blumenbachii fossil (33mm x 29mm x 19mm). The fossil itself is brown in colour and is preserved withina fine grained grey matrix. The pygidium can be seen where it comes to a point at the tail. The thorasic segments are clearly defined with a fine sediment in the spaces between them. The glabella is a bit broken up with only one eye visible. There is a number 2 written in black ink on the back of the specimen indicating that this specimen was from locality 2 on Steven Birchs localities (grid ref SO 9370 9225), the reef mound. This specimen was from within the Silurian Much Wenlock Limestone Formation, Nodular Member. This specimen is Silurian in age which is c425my. This was collected from the Wrens Nest, Dudley, West Midlands. AR
Complete rolled fossil Calymene blumenbachii specimen 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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