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Description: | A complete very well preserved fossil Cyrtia exporrecta brachiopod (18mm x 12mm x 11mm). Very large triangular interarea with an elongated pedicle opening (6mm x 2mm). The specimen is dark brown/grey in colour. The ribs are very fine. In between the ribs there is a pale brown fine grained matrix. There is the number 11 written in black ink. This indicates that this specimen was collected from Steven Birchs locality 11 (grid ref SO 9380 9160). This was collected from the Coalbrookdale Formation. This is Silurian dating at c425my and was collected from the Wrens Nest, Dudley, West Midlands. AR
A fossil Cyrtia exporrecta 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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