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Description: | Specimen of a fossil brachiopod (lamp shell), Meristina obtusa, collected from the Much Wenlock Limestone Formation of Silurian, Wenlock, Homerian age from Dudley, West Midlands (Midland England). Collected by Emma Smith.
The photograph shows two views of a complete brachiopod (lamp shell). To the left is a view of the front of the shell. On the right is a side view showing more clearly the two halves of the shell joined together. The shell protected the soft parts of the animal from predation. Brachiopods were attached to the seabed by a stalk (called a pedicle). They fed by filtering particles of food from the sea water.
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 Smith Brachiopoda Invertebrata Articulata Emma | 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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