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Description: | Specimen of a fossil brachiopod (lamp shell), Atrypa reticularis, collected from the Upper Bringewood Formation, Lower Leintwardine Formation, Aymestry Limestone (?) of Late Silurian, Ludlow age from Ludlow (near), Shropshire (Midland 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 Shropshire.
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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