Mucrospirifer thedfordensis brachiopod from the Widder Formation

I'm very late to be posting about Mucrospirifer thedfordensis which is one of the most common fossils found in the Widder formation at Arkona. It is similar to M. mucronatus but does not have as much ornamentation on the shell surface and is "plumper". The specimens below are still missing a part of the hinge line which would have extended out another centimeter or two beyond the shell on either side.

Brachial valve

Anterior

Pedicle valve

Posterior

Profile

This next specimen has a number of epibionts attached to it's surface. Brachial valve

Anterior

Pedicle valve

Posterior

Profile

Looks like we have some Spirorbis worm tubes....

... and Hederella bryozoans

The Widder formation is middle Devonian in age (Givetian stage) and roughly corresponds to the Ledyard mbr. of the Ludlowville formation in New York.