Comley Limestone (IMAGE)

University of Leicester

Comley Limestone

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A thin section slice through the trilobite-rich Comley Limestones (Shropshire, UK) -- the rocks that the fossils used in this studies come from. The elongated curvy features in this image are cross sections through trilobites, which are a group of extinct marine arthropods. The arrow shows the "way-up" of the rock.

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University of Leicester

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