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Description: | A well preserved complete circoconarida Cornulites sepularius measuring (71mm x 19mm). The specimen narrows towards the base forming a conical shape with well defined horzontal growth lines along the length of the fossil. The specimen is partially covered in a pale brown micrite cement with crystalline shelly fragments. The lower half specimen has been broken and repaired with light brown resin, and the widest end (top) has been broken revealing a fine grained crystalline structure. This specimen was from the Silurian Much Wenlock Limestone Formation, Nodular Member which is approximately 425my. The surface has a number of bryozaon attached (up to 9mm). CB
Complete fossil Cornulites sepularius, 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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