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Description: | A fossil graptolite identified as Climacograptus sp. which are well preserved. The graptolite is grey in colour and smooth and measures 20mm x 2mm. The graptolites consist of a single stipe (branch) with thecae on both sides. One half of the specimen is buried in the sediment. The graptolites are within a pale grey very fine grained shale (). The specimen has some iron oxide staining present. The specimen was collected from the Moffat Shale Group, Dobb's Lynn, near Moffat, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland (grid ref NT 19624 15680) and is Late Ordovician to Early Silurian in age. Specimen collected on 08/04/2010. AR/CB
A fossil graptolite called Climacograptus sp. from Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland which are approximately 443 million years old | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Dudley Museums Service | Rights holder: | Dudley Museums Service | Subjects: | Geology | Temporal: | Ordovician (Upper) - Silurian (lower) | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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