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Registered Charitable Incorporated Organisation Number 1155775
SWAAG Honorary President:
Tim Laurie F,S,A,

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 *****SWAAG_ID***** 603
 Date Entered 03/09/2012
 Updated on 05/09/2012
 Recorded by Tim Laurie
 Category Geological Record
 Record Type Geological HER
 Site Access Private
 Record Date 02/09/2012
 Location Hope Moor
 Civil Parish Hope
 Brit. National Grid Hidden
 Altitude Above 500m
 Geology Richmond Chert Srata
 Record Name Fan like trace fossil from Chert Strata.
 Record Description Finely preserved fan like trace or plant fossil from Chert Strata.Slab No 3.
 Dimensions See photo.
 Additional Notes This an exceptionally fine example of a fossil which is not uncommon in strata of Namurian Age. Now identified by John Russell as Girtyocoelia, a member of the sponge (Calcispongia) family.
 Image 1 ID 3285         Click image to enlarge
 Image 1 Description ow Finely preserved fan like trace or plant fossil from Chert Strata.Slab No 3.
 Image 2 ID 3286         Click image to enlarge
 Image 2 Description The same slab.
 Image 3 ID 3287         Click image to enlarge
 Image 3 Description The same slab.
 
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