Bryozoan Encrusted Brachiopod

Submitted by: Mike Topor
Taxon: Leptotrypella quadrangularis, Mucrospirifer arkonensis
Submit date: 2008-11-06
Location (approximate): Arkona, Lambton, ON
Stratigraphy: Arkona Formation
Age: Erian (Middle Devonian)
Submitter notes: Top view: This is a rare occurance of a brachiopod totally encrusted with a branching Bryozoan. It may well have been caused by a reworked environment. The specimen measures 52mm in length and 19mm at the widest point.

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