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Description: | A pygidium of Dalmanites sp. measuring (31mm x 31mm x 9mm) preserved in a light brown micrite matrix measuring (63mm x 87mm x 29mm). This fossil has a large repaired crack running diagonally across the thorasic segments, the underside displays light brown resin where it has been repaired. The tail spine has been well preserved measuring 7mm long. Other fossils include an unidentified brachiopod along with other small shelly fragments. On the underside of the matrix 8B is visible in black pen this refers to Steven Birchs site 8B at the Wrens Nest, Dudley (GR SO 9390 9160) in the Coalbrookdale Formation. CB
Fossil pygidium Dalmanites sp. from the 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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