Cyrtospirifer sp.
UNB-2016-0264Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Brachiopoda » Rhynchonellata
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Rhynchonellata
Order: Spiriferida
Family: Cyrtospiriferidae
Genus: Cyrtospirifer (Nalivkin, 1924)
Species: Cyrtospirifer aperturatus?
Specimen with both the brachial and pedicle valves preserved. Thin ribs on the valves with slight fold and sulcus. Anterior margin is circular in appearance and posterior margin is broad and triangular. Delthyrium and hinge line are encrusted with sediment.
Specifications
| Object name | Cyrtospirifer sp. |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2016-0264 |
| 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 | Gerolstein, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- Ma, X., & Day, J. (2003). Revision of selected North American and Eurasian Late Devonian (Frasnian) species of Cyrtospirifer and Regelia (Brachiopoda). Journal of Paleontology, 77(02), 267-292.