Athabaskia howelli
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Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Corynexochida
Family: Dolichometopidae
Genus: Athabaskia (Raymond, 1928)
Species: Athabaskia howelli (Walcott, 1886)
Small trilobite with the thorax and pygidium preserved. Axial ring and pleurae prominent.
Specifications
| Object name | Athabaskia howelli |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2016-0019 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Trilobita |
| Composition | Shale |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Cambrian |
| Numeric age | 541 Mya |
| Origin | Mt. Stephen, British Columbia, Canada |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- Woodward, H. (1902). I.?The Canadian Rockies. Part I: On a Collection of Middle Cambrian Fossils obtained by Edward Whymper, Esq., FRGS, from Mount Stephen, British Columbia. Geological Magazine (Decade IV), 9(12), 529-544.