Spirifer imbrex
UNB-2016-0248Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Brachiopoda » Rhynchonellata
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Rhynchonellata
Order: Spiriferida
Family: Spiriferidae
Genus: Spirifer (Sowerby, 1818)
Species: Spirifer imbrex (Hall, 1858)
Specimen of the pedicle valve embedded into the sediment. Prominent ribs and defined sulcus with the anterior portion eroded away. Anterior margin is oval in appearance and posterior margin is slightly triangular.
Specifications
| Object name | Spirifer imbrex |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2016-0248 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Brachiopoda Class: Rhynchonellata |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Carboniferous Subperiod: Mississipian Epoch: Lower Mississipian Age: Osagean |
| Numeric age | 348 Mya |
| Origin | Sedalia, Missouri, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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