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Description: | A fossil graptolite death assemblage featuring graptolites identified as Parakidograptus sp. and Dicellograptus sp. which are fairly well preserved. The graptolites are a grey colour with a metallic lusture due to beig carbonised. They measure up to 14mm x 1mm. The Parakidograptus sp. graptolites consist of a single stipe (branch) with thecae on one side. The Dicellograptus sp. 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 (45mm x 42mm x 4mm). Some graptolites are also visible on the underside of 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
Several graptolites called Parakidograptus sp. and 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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