Mucrospirifer mucronatus
UNB-2016-0236Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Brachiopoda » Rhynchonellata
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Rhynchonellata
Order: Spiriferida
Family: Mucrospiriferidae
Genus: Mucrospirifer (Grabau, 1931)
Species: Mucrospirifer mucronatus (Conrad, 1841)
Two specimens with both brachial and pedicle valves preserved. Prominent, coarse radial ribs with large sulcus. Oval anterior margin with straight posterior margin. Plication visible near the commissure.
Specifications
| Object name | Mucrospirifer mucronatus |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2016-0236 |
| 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 Age: Givetian |
| Numeric age | 387.7 Mya |
| Origin | Bethany, New York, & Lucas County, Ohio, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 2 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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