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Description: | Specimen of a fossil brachiopod (lamp shell), Orthis sp., collected from unspecified rocks of Early Silurian, Llandovery - Wenlock age from Madison, Indiana, U.S.A.. Collected by McChesney.
This large brachiopod (lamp shell) has a fan-like appearance with a series of fine ridges radiating out from the back of the shell (at the top in the photograph). This example was collected from Silurian rocks in America, but has also been found in the Silurian rocks of England and Wales.
The specimen was found in USA.
It is from the Silurian period (443 - 418 million years ago) | Publisher: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Subjects: | Classification: Animalia Brachiopoda Invertebrata McChesney 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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