Brachyspirifer audacula
UNB-2016-0223Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Brachiopoda » Rhynchonellata
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Rhynchonellata
Order: Spiriferida
Family: Hysterialitidae
Genus: Brachyspirifer (Wedekind, 1926)
Species: Brachyspirifer audacula (Conrad, 1842)
Pedicle valve with thin defined ribs and prominent sulcus. Concentric lines visible near the anterior margin. Oval, elongated anterior margin and a fairly straight posterior margin.
Specifications
| Object name | Brachyspirifer audacula |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2016-0223 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Brachiopoda Class: Rhynchonellata |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Devonian Epoch: Middle Devonian to Upper Devonian Age: Eifelian to Famennian |
| Numeric age | 393.3 - 372.2 Mya |
| Origin | New York, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- Shen, S. Z., Archbold, N. W., Shi, G. R., & Chen, Z. Q. (2001). Permian Brachiopods from the Selong Xishan section, Xiang (Tibet), China. Part 2: Palaeobiogeographical and palaeoecological implications, Spiriferida, Athyridida and Terebratulida. Geobios, 34(2), 157-182.