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Description: | An almost complete fragmented gastropod specimen of Platyceras sp. measuring (31mm x 21mm x 22mm). The gastropod is dark grey in colour with a small amount of pale brown micrite matrix cemented to the surface of the specimen. The internal cavity has been infilled with this matrix containing brachiopods (including a 10mm Leptaena sp.), bryozoa (5mm) fragments and small 1mm gastropods can be seen on the fossil surface. Part of the shell has been broken off near the matrix infill. CB
A fossil Platyceras sp. gastropod 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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