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Hi fellow fossil collector, can you identify this brachiopod for me?

 

I recently found a very different brachiopod, where I usually collect my fossils in an Upper Ordovician formation (Click here to see the site). I can easily find hundreds of swerbyella, but this fossil is very different from what I usually find, its huge size, 3 times larger than any fossil i usually find, and its different shape puzzles me.  It measures approximately 3cm x 2.5cm. It also has intriguing concentric protuberances composed of a primary and secondary shell on external shell surface.

 

As you can see it is very fragile, there is a crack going through it which is about to break it in half. Is there a way to consolidate the crack without damaging it further?


Thank you!

 

 

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Hebertella occidentalis, I should think, and they do have layered shells. 

Or sometimes it's just very strong and sudden growth lines. 

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23 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

Hebertella occidentalis, I should think, and they do have layered shells. 

Or sometimes it's just very strong and sudden growth lines. 

 

Yep, that make sense.

 

I didn't know they could develop growth lines in that fashion.

 

I follow you closely on the TFF and learning lot of stuff, thank you very much ;)

 

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