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Description: | Specimen of a fossil brachiopod (lamp shell), Atrypa reticularis, collected from the Much Wenlock Limestone Formation of Early Silurian, Wenlock, Homerian age from May Hill, Gloucestershire (SW England).
Brachiopods (lamp shells) are amongst the most abundant fossils to be found in Silurian rocks. This example is one of the commonest kinds, and can be collected from rocks of early to late Silurian age.
The specimen was found in Gloucestershire.
It is from the Silurian period (443 - 418 million years ago) | Publisher: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Subjects: | Classification: Animalia Brachiopoda Invertebrata Articulata | 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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