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Description: | Two fossil graptolites identified as Climacograptus trifilis and Graptolite sp. which are well preserved. The graptolites are grey in colour and smooth and measures 32mm x12mm and 11mm x 2mm. The graptolites consist of a single stipe (branch) with thecae on both sides. The graptolites are within a dark grey very fine grained shale (65mm x 17mm x 9mm). 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 fossil graptolites called Climacograptus trifilis and Graptolite 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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