Asaphus gigas
UNB-2016-0042Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Arthropoda » Trilobita » Libristoma
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Subclass: Libristoma
Order: Asaphida
Family: Asaphidae
Genus: Asaphus (Brongniart, 1822)
Species: Asaphus gigas (Dekay, 1824)
Small disarticulated casts of the thorax and pygidium with visible axial ring and pleurae.
Specifications
| Object name | Asaphus gigas |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2016-0042 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Trilobita Subclass: Libristoma |
| Composition | Limestone |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Ordovician Epoch: Middle Ordovician to Upper Ordovician |
| Numeric age | 470 - 458.4 Mya |
| Origin | Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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