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Description: | Specimen of a fossil algae, Stromatopora concentrica, collected from the Much Wenlock Limestone Formation of Early Silurian, Wenlock age from Dudley, West Midlands (Midland England).
Stromatopora was a microscopic organism which lived in large colonies in the shallow, sunlit, Silurian sea. The Stromatopora are among the chief limestone builders of the Silurian period. They secreted large stony masses composed of thin curved layers. In the limestone quarries in Dudley and Shropshire, the old quarrymen called these masses 'Crog Balls' and 'Self Lumps'.
The specimen was found in West Midlands.
It is from the Silurian period (443 - 418 million years ago) | Publisher: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Subjects: | Anthozoa Coelenterata Classification: Animalia Invertebrata | 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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