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Description: | A fossil graptolite death assemblage featuring graptolites identified as Dicellograptus sp. which are fairly well preserved. The graptolites are a grey colour with a metallic lusture due to being carbonised. They measure up to 8mm x 1mm. The graptolites consist of two stipes which form a pendant shape from the nema and have theca on the outer edges. The graptolites are within a dark grey very fine grained shale (88mm x 53mm x 9mm). The specimen is heavily weathered on the underside and has a lot of orange iron oxide staining on it. 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
Several graptolites called Dicellograptus 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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