| P number: | P521021 |
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| Caption: | A fossil specimen of Hippopodium ponderosum J. Sowerby. A fossil bivalve. (Mollusca, Bivalvia.) Raasay, Invernessshire, Scotland. |
| Description: | This specimen of Hippopodium ponderosum is from the Lower Jurassic, Lower Lias, raricostatum zone of Raasay. British Geological Survey Biostratigraphy Collection number GSE 2295. Like Cardinia and Astarte, Hippopodium was a member of the muddy sand community and an infaunal (burrowing), suspension-feeding bivalve. The Lias was a marine shale facies that in Skye and Raasay consisted of the lower Broadford Beds composed of limestone and shales and the upper Pabba Shales consisting of sandy micaceous shales. |
| Date taken: | Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 2003 |
| Photographer: | Unknown |
| Copyright statement: | NERC |
| Orientation: | Portrait |
| Size: | 174.01 KB; 665 x 1000 pixels; 56 x 85 mm (print at 300 DPI); 176 x 265 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Best of BGS Images/ Fossils |
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