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Description: | Complete fossil brachiopod Strophonella sp. measuring (32mm x 22mm x 1mm). Preserved in dark grey calcite with a pearly lustre. The matrix is light brown micrite forming a slab (50mm x 52mm x 22mm) it is highly weathered and has iron oxide staining. A small amount of the matrix is cemented to the valve surface. A number of small fractures are present around the edges to the valve. This specimen was from the Much Wenlock Limestone Formation, Nodular Member. This was collected from the Wrens Nest, Dudley, West Midlands CB
A complete fossil Strophonella sp. 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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