Meristella atoka
UNB-2016-0538Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Brachiopoda » Rhynchonellata
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Rhynchonellata
Order: Athyridida
Family: Meristellidae
Genus: Meristella (Hall)
Species: Meristella atoka (Hall, 1860)
Specimen with both the brachial and pedicle valves preserved. No visible ribs, faint concentric growth lines near the anterior margin. Rounded anterior margin and triangular posterior margin. Small beak and faint pedicle foramen.
Specifications
| Object name | Meristella atoka |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2016-0538 |
| 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: Lower Devonian Age: Lochkovian |
| Numeric age | 419.2 Mya |
| Origin | White Mound, Murray County, Oklahoma, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- CUFFEY, C. A., ROBB, A. J., LEMBCKE, J. T., & CUFFEY, R. J. (1995). Epizoic bryozoans and corals as indicators of life and post?mortem orientations of the Devonian brachiopod Meristella. Lethaia, 28(2), 139-153.