Paraspirifer acuminatus
UNB-2016-0247Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Brachiopoda » Rhynchonellata
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Rhynchonellata
Order: Spiriferida
Family: Hysterolitidae
Genus: Paraspirifer (Wedekind, 1926)
Species: Paraspirifer acuminatus (Conrad, 1839)
Specimen with both the brachial and pedicle valves embedded into sediment. Faint ribs and growth lines can be seen on the brachial valve. Sulcus is prominent on the pedicle valve.
Specifications
| Object name | Paraspirifer acuminatus |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2016-0247 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Brachiopoda Class: Rhynchonellata |
| Composition | Limestone |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Devonian Epoch: Middle Devonian Age: Eifelian to Givetian |
| Numeric age | 393.3 - 387.7 Mya |
| Origin | North America |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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