12 10 264 https://wserv3.esc.cam.ac.uk/p1acollections/files/original/fdba3b60657cfc2b1f569b99c86e7553.png 559852ca8269f2db0564dfe4c90d8aaf https://wserv3.esc.cam.ac.uk/p1acollections/files/original/c2bc54fc97f6f5b631d6694138f34c7b.png df8187380c22f9e53f7d8f6413f08ca4 Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2><strong>TF1003<br /></strong></h2> <h2>Didymograptus</h2> Subject The topic of the resource <h3>Specimen Age</h3> <div class="element-text">Ordovician<br /><br /><h3>Location</h3> <div class="element-text">Llandeilo, Abereiddy Bay, Wales</div> </div> Description An account of the resource <div class="element"> <h3>Stratigraphic Range</h3> <div class="element-text">Ordovician</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Taxonomy</h3> <div class="element-text">Phylum: Hemichordata<br />Class: Graptolithina<br />Genus: Didymograptus</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Distinctive Features</h3> <div class="element-text">Stipes (2)<br />Thecae<br />Rhabdosome<br />Nema<br />'sawtooth'</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Preservation</h3> <div class="element-text">Flattened<br />Carbon film<br />Pale colourisation from chlorine inclusion into the fossil</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Advanced notes</h3> <div class="element-text">The 'sawtooth' faces are facing each other. This is therefore a relatively old two stiped graptolite from the Ordovician. One specimen shows two graptolites with nemas overlapping. At first glance this could be mistaken for a four stiped graptolite, such as<span> </span><em>Tetrapgraptus</em>, but close examination reveals that there are two animals, squashed on top of each other.</div> </div> branching colonial https://wserv3.esc.cam.ac.uk/p1acollections/files/original/6c0dc6c876d2903a7d75badffeaebdea.png 42f57a6d6456ea025ee5875fbbf4170f https://wserv3.esc.cam.ac.uk/p1acollections/files/original/68640801833b39085f2dbb99d97373f4.png e8beab1c20040de1b1d7f7f220761ae0 Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2><strong>TF1004<br /></strong></h2> <h2>Horizontal didymograptid</h2> Subject The topic of the resource <h3>Specimen Age</h3> <div class="element-text">Ordovician<br /><br /><h3>Location</h3> <div class="element-text">Australia</div> </div> Description An account of the resource <div class="element"> <h3>Taxonomy</h3> <div class="element-text">Phylum: Hemichordata<br />Class: Graptolithina</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Distinctive Features</h3> <div class="element-text">Stipes (2)<br />Nema<br />Horizontal<br />Thecae<br />Rhabdosome</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Preservation</h3> <div class="element-text">Compressed<br />Carbon film<br />Red colour from iron in sediment seeping into fossil</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Advanced notes</h3> <div class="element-text">The position of the nema tells us that there are two horizontal stipes and not one stipe. This allows identification as a<span> </span><em>Didymograptid<span> </span></em>and not as a<span> </span><em>Monograptid</em>.</div> </div> colonial https://wserv3.esc.cam.ac.uk/p1acollections/files/original/a3eb6f487c3153e53b532afe15adca70.png d5385285b53bbd9a4ca2c6f43590588c https://wserv3.esc.cam.ac.uk/p1acollections/files/original/7f31398b5205e6e2a394d703cc2e541d.png 60f88be866823a98a3b75b26f065a15e Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2><strong>TF1005<br /></strong></h2> <h2>Graptoloid graptolites</h2> Subject The topic of the resource <h3>Specimen Age</h3> <div class="element-text">Ordovician<br /><br /><h3>Location</h3> <div class="element-text">Australia</div> </div> Description An account of the resource <div class="element"> <h3>Stratigraphic Range</h3> <div class="element-text">Ordovician</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Taxonomy</h3> <div class="element-text">Phylum: Hemichordata<br />Class: Graptolithina<br />Order: Graptoloidea</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Distinctive Features</h3> <div class="element-text">Stipes<br />Rhabdosome<br />Thecae<br />'sawtooth'</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Preservation</h3> <div class="element-text">Flattened<br />Red colour from iron in sediment seeping into fossil</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Advanced notes</h3> <div class="element-text">You can see a range of geometries on this specimen: scandent, horizontal and pendent.</div> </div> colonial https://wserv3.esc.cam.ac.uk/p1acollections/files/original/cff1fce3de7d9aa2b7dad1147329102d.png f81942ad7e468c1f7b5ad85a0d81a49b https://wserv3.esc.cam.ac.uk/p1acollections/files/original/6455239740cb9bb2abfc33c0e34ca8f9.png 0ec1b8ec4082a7d58e8f03e72f6ed758 Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2><strong>TF1006<br /></strong></h2> <h2>Spiral monograptids</h2> Description An account of the resource <div class="element"> <h3>Stratigraphic Range</h3> <div class="element-text">Silurian to Devonian</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Taxonomy</h3> <div class="element-text">Phylum: Hemichordata<br />Class: Graptolithina</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Distinctive Features</h3> <div class="element-text">Spiral stipes<br />Rhabdosome<br />Thecae<br />'sawtooth'</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Preservation</h3> <div class="element-text">Flattened<br />Carbon film</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Advanced notes</h3> <div class="element-text">You can see various preservational geometries in these slabs.</div> </div> colonial https://wserv3.esc.cam.ac.uk/p1acollections/files/original/e1552b7c2bbd491bdbe3e277e667339c.png f15e5d264f4fe42f263df26156782ef6 https://wserv3.esc.cam.ac.uk/p1acollections/files/original/83e6b30be5cc872f3ed7c701aa008c57.png c5fc7ce93cdfa2a57a21ab4a4412e1f7 https://wserv3.esc.cam.ac.uk/p1acollections/files/original/b06c51402fbd3f577147603835af1610.png 990bc8171f369d17f7071c5963f12e19 Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2><strong>TF1101<br /></strong></h2> <h2>Halysites</h2> Subject The topic of the resource Tabulate coral Description An account of the resource <div class="element"> <h3>Stratigraphic Range</h3> <div class="element-text">Silurian</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Taxonomy</h3> <div class="element-text">Phylum: Cnidaria<br />Class: Anthozoa<br />Order: Tabulata<br />Genus: Halysites</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Distinctive Features</h3> <div class="element-text">Halysites is a so-called 'chain coral'. Unsurprisingly it can be identified as it has a distinctive 'chain' appearance, each 'link' in the chain is a separate animal, all part of a larger colony.</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Preservation</h3> <div class="element-text">External mould</div> </div> chain colonial https://wserv3.esc.cam.ac.uk/p1acollections/files/original/d8230468d9806542895665ca07e0f589.png d6ede6ec15e87b530145b351c9ada158 https://wserv3.esc.cam.ac.uk/p1acollections/files/original/549b2a8d4bd419a7f7e30cd441694284.png 97332deb4127d3e05d086ce9f95c258b Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2><strong>TF1102<br /></strong></h2> <h2>Isastraea explanata</h2> Subject The topic of the resource <span><span>Scleractinian coral<br /></span></span> <h3>Specimen Age</h3> <div class="element-text">Jurassic<br /><br /><h3>Location</h3> <div class="element-text">Coral Rag, Upware, Cambridgeshire</div> </div> Description An account of the resource <div class="element"> <h3>Species</h3> <div class="element-text">Isastraea explanata (also Isastrea explanata)</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Stratigraphic Range</h3> <div class="element-text">Jurassic</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Taxonomy</h3> <div class="element-text">Phylum: Cnidaria<br />Class: Anthozoa<br />Order: Scleractinia<br />Genus: Isastrea</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Distinctive Features</h3> <div class="element-text">Septa<br />Weak columella</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Preservation</h3> <div class="element-text">External mould (of the 'top' of the scleractinian coral hard parts)</div> </div> colonial scleractinian https://wserv3.esc.cam.ac.uk/p1acollections/files/original/4a64317297f2b4214ff8a0c376877c8e.png 8ac3f787daefc964163daf5704fd8216 https://wserv3.esc.cam.ac.uk/p1acollections/files/original/d59e84432fb8e52d140febc201a8119f.png 569641c5cdd364dc197d033d2662a4ec Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2><strong>TF1103<br /></strong></h2> <h2>Rugose coral</h2> Description An account of the resource <div class="element"> <h3>Stratigraphic Range</h3> <div class="element-text">Ordovician to Permian</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Taxonomy</h3> <div class="element-text">Phylum: Cnidaria<br />Class: Anthozoa<br />Order: Tabulata</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Distinctive Features</h3> <div class="element-text">Septa<br />Colonial<br />Columella<br />Polyps</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Preservation</h3> <div class="element-text">Mineral replacement of skeleton<br />Precipitation of minerals in spaces</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Advanced notes</h3> <div class="element-text">The presence of columella (central support structures) and septa allow identification of this fossil as a colonial rugose specimen. Columella are not present in tabulate corals as these are always colonial, and do not need the extra support.<br />Solitary rugose corals developed columella as an internal support structure, and it was retained for some colonial forms, such as this one.</div> </div> colonial rugose https://wserv3.esc.cam.ac.uk/p1acollections/files/original/35098f1792605652614f2d2a21a88a8d.png 061398b56950930a20929f87f0088100 https://wserv3.esc.cam.ac.uk/p1acollections/files/original/079a50b0c986451e41c6d1732d42b60a.png 596946f04f1d015842205380dd9c2b49 Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2><strong>TF1104<br /></strong></h2> <h2>Tabulate coral</h2> Description An account of the resource <div class="element"> <h3>Stratigraphic Range</h3> <div class="element-text">Ordovician to Permian</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Taxonomy</h3> <div class="element-text">Phylum: Cnidaria<br />Class: Anthozoa<br />Order: Tabulata</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Distinctive Features</h3> <div class="element-text">Tabulae<br />Colonial</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Preservation</h3> <div class="element-text">Mineral replacement of skeleton</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Advanced notes</h3> <div class="element-text">Due to the way that this specimen has been cut and polished, the tabulae are not immediately obvious. They are visible on parts of the slab, allowing for this to be identified as a tabulate coral.<br /><br />You may recognise this specimen from the coffee table in the common room on the ground floor of the Earth Sciences Department. Have a go at identifying the other fossils in the table on your next coffee break!</div> </div> colonial https://wserv3.esc.cam.ac.uk/p1acollections/files/original/93d1bf853fd606d5c414b71323aaa7b9.png 68ac6658b4a669abff9695e11c4754f3 https://wserv3.esc.cam.ac.uk/p1acollections/files/original/1d3455f0c111d1e7a997b2710b3cb2f2.png b3d32dd00706e649300b691a18c510f5 https://wserv3.esc.cam.ac.uk/p1acollections/files/original/5e6c5e6f4131a612a50fc891dbb6ed4c.png cd5f6893745aa13fc7dfcd35dd0073ce Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2><strong>TF1120<br /></strong></h2> <h2>Solitary rugose coral</h2> Description An account of the resource <div class="element"> <h3>Stratigraphic Range</h3> <div class="element-text">Ordovician to Permian</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Taxonomy</h3> <div class="element-text">Phylum: Cnidaria<br /><br />Class: Anthozoa<br /><br />Order: Rugosa</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Distinctive Features</h3> <div class="element-text">Septa<br />Growth lines<br />'Horn' shape</div> </div> radial septa solitary https://wserv3.esc.cam.ac.uk/p1acollections/files/original/ca4e720d438e975d79fb16fb8ad66253.png 0e4899be51e190f904030eec480f32d4 https://wserv3.esc.cam.ac.uk/p1acollections/files/original/e8ec0ebf79d5f82e74a57c98266fbf9e.png 53c1d7940236c9d8b3ee510a8293a0c0 Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2><strong>TF1122<br /></strong></h2> <h2>Scleractinian coral (modern)</h2> Description An account of the resource <div class="element"> <h3>Stratigraphic Range</h3> <div class="element-text">Triassic to present</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Taxonomy</h3> <div class="element-text">Phylum: Cnidaria<br />Class: Anthozoa<br />Order: Scleractinia</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Distinctive Features</h3> <div class="element-text">Branching structure<br />Polyps<br />Septa</div> </div> <div class="element"> <h3>Preservation</h3> <div class="element-text">Original skeleton material</div> </div> septa