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Ruby 006286 by Black Country Museums

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Chain coral fossil called Halysites, 003387 by Black Country Museums

The oldest chain in the Black Country!

 

From the Wrens Nest, Dudley, West Midlands, UK.

 

From the Silurian Period, 425 million years ago.

 

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Trilobite fossil, Dicranurus, 000769 by Black Country Museums

Collected at in limestone, Dudley, West Midlands, UK.

 

This is from the Silurian Period, 425 million years ago.

 

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Cannel Coal, GEOLOGY TEMP_92_P1 by Black Country Museums

A specimen of Cannel Coal.

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Fossil gastropod - Scala frondicula (Geology Temp 45) by Black Country Museums

A fossil gastropod identified as Scala frondicula. It is approximatley 5 million years old.

 

Part of the Fraser Collection at Wolverhampton Art Gallery

 

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Crinoid Ossicles (Geology Temp 13) by Black Country Museums

A set of crinoid ossicles from Wiltshire.

 

From the collection at Wednesbury Museum & Art Gallery.

 

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Ammonite, Andrgynoceras cf. capricornus, GL 11783 by Black Country Museums

Fossil ammonite called Androgynoceras capricornus which is approximatley 185 million years old

 

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Fossil Mammut molar crowns (Geology Temp 11) by Black Country Museums

A well preserved Mummut tooth. This is a large molar which was used to chew on vegetation.

 

You can see the detail of the individual crowns clearly.

 

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Rolled Calymene blumenbachii trilobite 000827 by Black Country Museums

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Cone-in-cone structures, (Geology Temp 18) by Black Country Museums

This rare Black Country sedimentary structures origin is still debated.

 

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Fossil gastropod - Cypraea affinis (Geology Temp 50) by Black Country Museums

A fossil gastropod identified as Cypraea affinis which is approximatley 13 million years old. They are a type of gastropod more commonly known as cowries.

 

From Manthelan in Central France.

 

From the Fraser Collection at Wolverhampton Art Gallery.

 

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Goniatites, 005620_P1 by Black Country Museums

A group of Carboniferous goniatites, for more information visit... geologymatters.org.uk/collections/getrecord/DMUSE_005620/
Encrinurus punctatus trilobite pygidium 000221 by Black Country Museums

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Trilobite fossil, Calymene, 014858 by Black Country Museums

Dated from the Silurian Period, which is around 425 million years ago.

 

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Carboniferous Fossil fern, Alethopteris 004010 by Black Country Museums

Collected at Dudley, West Midlands, UK.

 

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Ananaspis sp. 000570 by Black Country Museums

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Ammonite fossils, 012557 by Black Country Museums

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Fossil bivalve called Gryphaea mcCullochii gl2055 by Black Country Museums

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Fossilised head of a Crinoid or sea lily, GL585 by Black Country Museums

A fossil crinoid calyx which is approximatley 425 million years old

 

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Smoky quartz, 007182 by Black Country Museums

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Lower Jurassic Ammonite fossil, Dactylioceras commune GL1890 by Black Country Museums

A fossil ammonite identified as Dactylioceras sp. which is approximatley 190 million years old. It was collected in Whitby, North Yorkshire, UK.

 

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Bryozoan sp. 015119_P2 by Black Country Museums

An unidentified bryozoan from the Wrens Nest, Dudley.

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Dalmanites trilobite 000090 by Black Country Museums

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Tree bark fossil called Lepidodendron, 005411 by Black Country Museums

Collected at Dudley, West Midlands, UK.

 

Found in coal measures which are around 315 million years old during the Carboniferous Period.

 

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Fossil coral colony called heliolites, 003386 by Black Country Museums

Collected at the Wrens Nest, Dudley, West Midlands, UK.

 

This is from the Silurian Period, 425 million years old.

 

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Fossilised head of a Lower Jurassic fish, Lepidotus semiserratus GL1884 by Black Country Museums

Fossil fish head called Lepidotus semiserratus from the Upper Lais, Whitby, North Yorkshire which is approximatley 170 million years old.

 

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Trilobite fossil, Calymene blumenbachi, 000031 by Black Country Museums

From the Silurian Period, 425 million years ago.

 

This is one of Sir Roderick Murchison's original specimens.

 

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Uncertain G3572 by Black Country Museums

We are not sure what this fossil is.

 

It was found in a railway tunnel in Dudley and is from the Upper Wenlock ShaleFormation or the Lower Ludlow Shale Formation.

 

Can anybody help us identify this specimen?

 

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Lower Jurassic bivalve fossil, Plagiostoma giganteum, GL2049 by Black Country Museums

A fossil bivalve identified as Plagiostoma giganteuswhich is approximatley 190 million years old

 

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Oolitic Limestone (Geology Temp 24) by Black Country Museums

A close up of the ooids within the oolitic Limestone.

 

This is from the collection at Wednesbury Museum & Art Gallery.

 

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Gneiss (Geology Temp 73) by Black Country Museums

A metamorphic rock known as Gneiss which can be found in the UK today, in Scotland. It is our oldest rock.

 

This specimen is from the collection at Wednesbury Museum & Art Gallery.

 

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Trilobite fossil, Calymene blumenbachi Brongniart GL601 by Black Country Museums

A fossil trilobite known as Calymene blumenbachii. This trilobite is more commonly known as the Dudley Bug and was collected in Dudley, West Midlands, UK.

 

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Brachiopod fossil, Leptaena depressa, GL237 by Black Country Museums

Fossilised brachiopod called Leptaena depressa which is approximatley 425 million years old.

 

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Trilobite fossil, Calymene blumenbachii, 000426 by Black Country Museums

This is more commonly known as "the Dudley Bug" which is in limestone.

It was collected at Dudley, West Midlands, UK.

 

This is from the Silurian Period, 425 million years ago.

 

For more information please visit geologymatters.org.uk/collections/getrecord/DMUSE_000426/
Echinoid fossil, Clypeus michelini, GL2418 by Black Country Museums

Fossil echinoid known as Clypeus michelini which is approximatley 160 million years old. It was collected in Charlton, Oxfordshire.

 

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Fossil Crinoid called Marsupiocrinus, 008120 by Black Country Museums

Collected at Dudley, West Midlands, UK.

 

This is from the Silurian Period, which is approximatley 425 million years old.

 

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Harpoceras sp. 012555A by Black Country Museums

A sectioned ammonite from Dorset which is Jurassic in age

 

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Quartz (Geology Temp 36) by Black Country Museums

This rare honeycomb quartz formation was formed when limestone was dissolved from around the quartz veins.

 

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Cockroach fossil called Apthroblattina, 005329B by Black Country Museums

Collected at Coseley, West Midlands, UK.

 

Found within coal measures which are around 315 million years old from the Carboniferous Period.

 

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Sea snail fossil called Bembexia, 011294 by Black Country Museums

Collected at Wrens Nest, Dudley, West Midlands, UK.

This is from the Silurian Period.

 

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Trilobite fossil called Dalmanites 000091 by Black Country Museums

Preserved in limestone with other smaller fossil fragments.

 

Collected at Dudley, West Midlands, UK.

 

From the Silurian Period, 425 million years ago.

 

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Goethite with Quartz, (Geology Temp 40) by Black Country Museums

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Trilobite, Ogygiocarella debuchi GL53 by Black Country Museums

Fossil pygiduim from a trilobite called Ogygiocarella debuchi from The Quarry at Llandrindod Wells, Powys. It is approximatley 468 million years old.

 

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Trilobite, Dalmanites myops GL604 by Black Country Museums

Fossil trilobite cephalon called Dalmanites myops from the Wenlock Limestone Formation

 

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Crinoid stem 015092 by Black Country Museums

A coiled Silurian crinoid arm from the Wrens Nest, Dudley, West Midlands, UK.

 

From the Silurian Period, 425 million years ago.

 

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Trilobite fossil, Calymene blumenbachii, 014851 by Black Country Museums

More commonly known as the "Dudley Bug". This has been preserved in its rolled up defensive position.

 

Collected at Dudley, West Midlands, UK.

 

From the Silurian Period, 425 million years ago.

 

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Ammonite, Parkinsonia parkinsoni, GL12265 by Black Country Museums

Fossilised ammonite called Parkinsonia parkinsoni which is approximatley 170 million years old.

 

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Bryozoan and Fistulipora in limestone, 003245 by Black Country Museums

This is also known as a fossil death assemblage.

 

Collected at the Wrens Nest, Dudley, West Midlands, UK.

 

From the Silurian Period, 425 million years old.

 

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Agate (Geology Temp 33) by Black Country Museums

A specimen of the mineral agate.

 

From Wednesbury Museum & Art Gallery.

 

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Dalmanites myops, G168 by Black Country Museums

From the Much Wenlock Limestone Formation, Dudley, West Midlands, UK.

 

From the Silurian Period, 425 million years ago.

 

For more information please visit geologymatters.org.uk/collections/getrecord/DMUSE_000186/

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