Punctospirifer fastigata
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Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Rhynchonellata
Order: Spiriferinida
Family: Punctospriferidae
Genus: Punctospirifer (North, 1920)
Species: Punctospirifer fastigata (Schellwien, 1900)
Poorly preserved samples with several valves embedded on the surface of the sediment. Faint ribs are visible near the anterior margin of some specimens on the sediment. Rounded anterior margin and straight posterior margin.
Specifications
| Object name | Punctospirifer fastigata |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2016-0500 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Brachiopoda Class: Rhynchonellata |
| Composition | Limestone |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Early Carboniferous to Carboniferous Subperiod: Mississippian |
| Numeric age | 358 Mya |
| Origin | Stewiacke, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- Schuchert, C. (1895). A synopsis of American fossil Brachiopoda including bibliography and synonymy (No. 87). US Government Printing Office.