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Description: | Specimen of a fossil brachiopod (lamp shell), Spirifera plicatalis, collected from the Much Wenlock Limestone Formation of Early Silurian, Wenlock, Homerian age from Dudley, West Midlands (Midland England). Collected by A.G. Dew-Smith.
This is an exceptionally well-preserved fossil brachiopod (lamp shell). There are two views in this photograph. The two halves of the shell, from the back, are clearly shown in the top photograph. The ridge on the top shell is often called a 'beak' because it looks like a bird's beak when viewed from the back. When the animal was alive, a fleshy 'stalk' came out of the hole at the back of the shell and anchored it firmly to the seabed.
The specimen was found in West Midlands.
It is from the Silurian period (443 - 418 million years ago) | Publisher: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Subjects: | Classification: Animalia Brachiopoda Invertebrata Articulata Dew-Smith A.G. | Temporal: | Silurian period (443 - 418 million years ago) | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/geofinder/se... | Go to resource |
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