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Description: | A fairly well preserved complete fossil brachiopod of Eospirifer sp. (31mm x 23mm x 19mm). Between the ribs and on the surface there is a pale brown fine grained matrix. There are secondary bryozoa on the outer surface. In one place the ribs have been broken off revealing a patch of dark grey calcite (8mm x 5mm). This specimen is from the Much Wenlock Limestone Formation, Nodular Member. This is Silurian in age and dates at c425my. This specimen was collected from the Wrens Nest, Dudley, West Midlands. AR
A fossil Eospirifer 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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