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Description: | A complete well preserved brachiopod called Atrypa sp. (23mm x 20mm x 14mm). It is dark grey in colour. In places particularly in between the ribs there is a fine grained pale brown matrix.There are also a lot of pale patches of calcite. There is a slight fold. There are a few growth lines visible with ribs. Within the ribs there is a small amount of red iron oxide. This is Silurian dating at c425my and was collected from the Wrens Nest, Dudley, West Midlands. AR
A fossil brachiopod called Atrypa 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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