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Description: | Preserved on a light brown micrite matrix base. Calymene blumenbacii fossil measures (43mm x 26mm x 14mm) with a chunk of matrix still attached to the cephalon. On the left side (with cephalon pointing away from you) some thorasic segments have been broken, and others still have a thin layer of matrix attached. The matrix, contains small brachiopods, chrinoid stem segments and coral fragments. On the base of the matrix there is a number 9 in black ink indicating that it was collected at Steven Birchs Site 9, southern tip of stop 7 (GR SO 9380 9150) Much Wenlock Limestone Formation, Nodular Member. CB
Complete flat fossil Calymene blumenbacii from Wrens Nest, Dudley around 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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