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Description: | Fragment of a Reteporina sp. bryozoan measuring (31mm x 23mm x 3mm). A small amount of pale brown micrite matrix infills the elongated pores which measure 1mm long. The fossil forms a white coloured branching "net" like structure. The rear of the specimen has got a ridged structure which forms 3 parts. There are smaller secondary fossils. These include crinoid ossicles and brachiopods. This is Silurian in age and from the Wrens Nest, Dudley, West Midlands.AR/CB
A fossil bryozoan known as Reteporina sp. 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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