|
Date: |
|
Description: | A section of a Thecia sp. tabulate coral measuring (84mm x 61mm x 7mm). The specimen has a flat, matted shape. The fine grained matrix is pale brown in colour infilling the pores with iron oxide staining. There are many very fine individual 0.5mm pores with radial lines from each pore. The base of the specimen has growth lines and a 19mm Halysites near the edge. There is also bryozoa and a 6mm unidenified rugose coral cemented to the underside. Within the matrix on the upper surface there are numerous brachiopod and gastropod fragments that are unidentified. CB
Fossil tabulate coral of a Thecia 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 |
|
|