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Description: | A fossil bivalve which is identified as a Pecten sp. preserved within a flint nodule. The specimen is very round with growth lines and is grey in colour. The surface is very smooth. Only one valve is visible and is silicified. A brown fine grained matrix highlights the edge of the valve. The flint is dark grey on the inside but white on the outside. The base is flat. AR/CB 07/06/2010
Handwritten on specimen; Pencil; 230c 238c (crossed out)
A fossil Pecten sp. bivalve which is approximately 160 million years old | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Rights holder: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Subjects: | Fossils Geology Palaeontology Dr Fraser Collection | Temporal: | Jurassic - Oxfordian | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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