Zygospira sp.
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Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Rhynchonellata
Order: Atrypida
Family: Anazygidae
Genus: Zygospira (Hall, 1862)
There are a total of 130 specimens with both the brachial and pedicle valves preserved. Ribs are large and prominent and valves are slightly convex. Anterior margin is rounded/triangular in appearance and the posterior margin is triangular. Thin sulcus and fold are visible on some specimens.
Specifications
| Object name | Zygospira sp. |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2016-0244 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Brachiopoda Class: Rhynchonellata |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Silurian to Lower Silurian |
| Numeric age | 443 Mya |
| Origin | Clinton County, Ohio, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 130 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
Map of Origin
Publications
- Richards, R. P. (1972). Autecology of Richmondian brachiopods (late Ordovician of Indiana and Ohio). Journal of Paleontology, 386-405.