Mucrospirifer mucronatus
UNB-2016-0341Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Brachiopoda » Rhynchonellata
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Rhynchonellata
Order: Spiriferida
Family: Mucrospiriferidae
Genus: Mucrospirifer (Grabau, 1931)
Species: Mucrospirifer mucronatus (Conrad, 1941)
Eight samples with some samples being valves embedded into the sediment and other individual body fossils with both brachial and pedicle valves preserved. Appears to be multiple different species as well. One specimen is poorly preserved and is Mucrospirifer mucronatus.
Specifications
| Object name | Mucrospirifer mucronatus |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2016-0341 |
| 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 to Upper Devonian Age: Eifelian to Famennian |
| Numeric age | 393.3 - 372.2 Mya |
| Origin | Meaford, Ontario, Canada |
| Pieces | 8 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
Map of Origin
Publications
- Mook, C. C. (1915). Statistical study of variation in Spirifer mucronatus. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 26(1), 175-214.