Nemagraptus gracilis graptolite fossil, uk

Description

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Name: Nemagraptus gracilis

Genus: Graptolite

Age: Ordovician

Location: Llandrindod Wells, Wales, UK

Size (picture scale cube=1cm): 59 x 42 x 4mm (2.32 x 1.65 x 0.16 inches)

Graptolites are fossil colonial animals who lived from the Upper Cambrian through the Lower Carboniferous Period. The name graptolite comes from the Greek graptos, meaning ‘written’, & lithos, meaning ‘rock’, as many graptolite fossils resemble hieroglyphs written on the rock.

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