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Description: | A complete fossil rugose coral called Cyatophyllum sp. (12mm x 9mm x 8mm). The fossil is dark grey in colour but is covered in a pale brown fine grained matrix. The fossil has been poorly preserved. The corallite has been infilled with the matrix. Here the number 12 has beewn written on in black ink. This indicates that this was collected from Steven Birchs locality 12 (grid ref SO 9380 9190). This specimen was collected from the Coalbrookdale Formation which is Silurian in age. This was collected from the Wrens Nest, Dudley, West Midlands. AR
A fossil rugose coral called Cyathophyllum 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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