Eoplectodonta sp.

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Description

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Brachiopoda Class: Strophomenata Order: Strophomenida Family: Sowerbyellidae Genus: Eoplectodonta (Kozlowski, 1929) Four specimens; Three specimens have both the brachial and pedicle valves preserved and one specimen has only the pedicle valve embedded on the surface of the sediment. Sulcus is prominent and ribs are thin and visible on the pedicle valve. Rounded anterior margin and straight posterior margin.

Specifications

Object name	Eoplectodonta sp.
ID	UNB-2016-0381
Legal status	Permanent collection
Category	Fossil
Classification	Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Brachiopoda Class: Strophomenata
Composition	Calcium carbonate
Age	Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Ordovician Epoch: Middle Ordovician
Numeric age	470 Mya
Origin	Little Popelogan Brook, New Brunswick, Canada
Pieces	4
Partial	No
Measurements	1cm x 1.8cm x 1.2cm 2cm x 2.3cm x 2.1cm 3cm x 0.8cm x 0.8cm 4cm x 1.1cm x 0.8cm

Map of Origin

Publications

Harper, D. A., & Doyle, E. N. (2003). A Silurian (Llandovery) Eoplectodonta shell bed in western Ireland: the role of opportunism, storms and sedimentation rates in its formation. Irish Journal of Earth Sciences, 105-114.