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  • Fenestella plebeia


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    Taxonomy

    bryozoan

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Bryozoa
    Class: Stenolaemata
    Order: Fenestrata
    Family: Fenestellidae
    Genus: Fenestella
    Species: Fenestella plebeia
    Author Citation McCoy 1844

    Geological Time Scale

    Eon: Phanerozoic
    Era: Paleozoic
    Period: Carboniferous
    Sub Period: None
    Epoch: Late
    International Age: Visean, Brigantian stage

    Stratigraphy

    Yoredale Group
    Alston Formation
    Three Yard Limestone Member

    Provenance

    Collector: self
    Date Collected: 05/01/2016
    Acquired by: Field Collection

    Dimensions

    Width: 10 mm

    Location

    Teesdale
    County Durham
    North East
    England

    Comments

    A small colony surrounded by Archaeocidaris debris. It shows the obverse side , i.e. the side with pores.

    It is preserved on the top face of a thin limestone lens that was overlain by shale.

    This is the most common fenestrate bryozoan in this area but the majority of specimens are found in shale and rarely split to show the obverse as it is the "stickier" side due to the pores. 

     




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    doushantuo

    Posted

    So you and Bancroft were in the pub..;):D

    Seriously:nice one

    You have yet to post a substandard fossil

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    Thank you! - he identified it for me, and all my other bryozoans. :) 

     

     

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    sixgill pete

    Posted

    Tarquin, what a beautiful bryozoa.

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    Thank you, Pete!

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    very nice! I love bryozoan.

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