Cyrtospirifer whitneyi
UNB-2016-0249Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Brachiopoda » Rhynchonellata
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Rhynchonellata
Order: Spiriferida
Family: Cyrtospiriferidae
Genus: Cyrtospirifer (Nalivkin, 1924)
Species: Cyrtospirifer whitneyi (Hall, 1858)
Seven specimens labelled a to g, with both the brachial and pedicle valves preserved. Thin, radial ribs with a large prominent sulcus and fold. Prominent beak with delthyrium encrusted with sediment. Rounded anterior margin with an almost straight/triangular posterior margin.
Specifications
| Object name | Cyrtospirifer whitneyi |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2016-0249 |
| 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: Upper Devonian Age: Frasnian |
| Numeric age | 382.7 Mya |
| Origin | Rockford, Iowa, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 7 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
Map of Origin
Publications
- Ma, X., & Day, J. (2007). Morphology and revision of late devonian (early famennian) Cyrtospirifer (brachiopoda) and related genera from South China and North America. Journal of Paleontology, 81(02), 286-311.
- Shiino, Y. U. T. A., & Kuwazuru, O. S. A. M. U. (2011). Comparative experimental and simulation study on passive feeding flow generation in'Cyrtospirifer'. Australasian Palaeontological Memoirs, (41), 1.