Waldheimia sp.

Lower Jurassic, Lias Group, Waterloo Mudstone Formation

Barney's Point, Islandmagee, Co. Antrim

K6522

18 mm across

Waldheimia is a fairly typical early Jurassic (about 200 million years old) terebratulid brachiopod with a smooth, oval-shaped shell. It is quite rare in the Lower Jurassic of Northern Ireland.