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Description: | A Carboniferous fossil plant identified as Calamites sp. which is very well preserved and dark grey in colour. This is the internal cast of a stem. The vertical ridges are clear (up to 2mm wide) as are the horizontal joints (up to 2mm wide). In places these are missing to reveal a red/brown coloured pale texture. Both ends of the specimen have been broken off. The specimen is dense (heavy for its size). AR 30/04/2010
Original label; Stamp paper; Calamites ... 1892
A fossil plant known as Calamites sp. which is approximately 330 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: | Natural history Fossils Geology Palaeontology Dr Fraser Collection |
Temporal: | Carboniferous - Pennsylvanian |
Source: | Black Country History |
Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... |
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