Friday, November 7, 2014

Howellella elegans brachiopod from the Wenlock formation

This tiny brachiopod is Howellella elegans from the Silurian aged (Wenloch epoch, Sheinwoodian to Homerian stage) Wenlock formation, near Dudley, England. It's a spiriferid type brachiopod with a wide hinge line, a protruding, beak-like Umbo and very coarse plication with somewhat prominent growth lines. This specimen has a very shallow but wide sulcus and is generally rectangular in shape. I found a similar looking shell in the Keyser formation.

Brachial valve
Anterior
Pedicle valve
Posterior
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