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Description: | A fossil graptolite death assemblage featuring two graptolites identified as Orthograptus sp. which are fairly well preserved. They measure 20mm x 1mm and 10mm x 2mm. The graptolites consist of a single stipe (branch) with thecae on both sides. The graptolites are within a grey very fine grained shale (49mm x 29mm x 2mm). There is some faint orange iron oxide staining on the specimen. 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
Two graptolites called Orthograptus sp. 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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