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Description: | Afairly well preserved Meristina obtusa brachiopod fossil (43mm x 38mm x 33mm). The fossil itself is dark grey in colour but covered by a lot of pale brown fine grained matrix. On the pedicle valve is a small crystalline patch of white calcite (15mm x 6mm). The ornimentation is smooth with a large fold. Here there are visible growth lines. There is a lot of red iron oxide staining on the matrix. On the one side in black ink is the number 10. This indicates that this specimen was collected from Steven Birchs locality 10 (grid ref SO 9380 9160). This is from within the Coalbrookdale Formation. This is Silurian dating at c425my and was collected from the Wrens Nest, Dudley, West Midlands. AR
A fossil Meristina obtusa 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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