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Name:
Leptaena (Leptaena) depressa
Common name:
Leptaena (Leptaena) depressa → Brachiopods, Lampshell, Lamp shell
Synonym:
Leptaena (Leptaena) depressa → Rugoleptaena venzavensis, (Rybnikova)
Leptaena (Leptaena) depressa → Leptaena depressa, (J. de C. Sowerby, 1824)
Family / Genus / Subgenus / Species / Binom / Author:
Rafinesquinidae → Leptaena → Leptaena → depressa → Leptaena (Leptaena) depressa → J. de C. Sowerby, 1824
Location:
Age:
Silurian [siw], Wenlock / 430 million years
Size of the fossil:
Length: 6,4 cm
Width: 1,7 cm
Height: 6,8 cm
Span: 2,4 cm
Weight:
Nicely preserved small brachiopod from the Silurian limestones of the Swedish island of Gotland. Nowhere else in the world are the fossils of Silurian coral reefs with the enormous age of 430 million years in such fantastic preservation.