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Description: | A fossil brachiopod sp. (22mm x 18mm 6mm) within a piece of pale brown fine grained limestone. It is dark brown in colour and made of calcite. The ribs are infilled with the matrix. Only one clear growth line can be seen along with prominant ribs. Within the matrix there are smaller brachiopods (8mm x 6mm & 3mm x 4mm) which are brown in colour. This is Silurian in age and dates at c425my. This specimen was collected from the Wrens Nest, Dudley, West Midlands. AR
An incomplete fossil 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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