On
June 17, 2009 I highlighted a Devonian
Mediospirifer brachiopod. Today, I revisit this brachiopod after sandblasting the matrix off of it revealing more details of the encrusting
Aulocystis corals and bryozoan.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyDzMrL0v0Vxkrd-ldg4Lx1SjmrpmZtJL2CW7xrEaUsKKNXHoRWyzPnbHVM7v-qY33clxdljiqtDNH5DljvrkUhANifQSoMgSIOuF_xt9emUXsYKdr0vY54t8bGqtK4rys7oGbOqdatHHZ/s400/devonian-brachiopod-revisited.jpg)
You can now see the full shape of the interlinking
Aulocystis.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghuc6CaQEQ9gHSBRlgH5nzQg4GxKPNuypaRpUsYaukiSlGcw7JCb4T0dDir7Gp7Gq7RC81KSrye8TTOev6qveJ_KYpRFNv_f4A3zo9hH0VkBSZfmGWtLF1EG4I-OHgApHflK4Ougf5ledx/s400/devonian-brachiopod-revisited2.jpg)
Close up of a cleaned up
Philhedra inarticulate brachiopod.