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Description: | A fossil graptolite identified as Parakidograptus acuminatus (24mm x 2mm) which is well preserved. The graptolite is grey colour due to carbonisation. The graptolite consists of a single stipe (branch) with thecae on both sides. The graptolite is within a dark grey very fine grained shale (37mm x 32mm x 3mm). The sepecimen is covered in a lot of orange iron oxide staining on the sides of the shale. 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 graptolite called Parakidograptus acuminatus from Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland which is 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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