Cyrtospirifer verneuili
UNB-2017-0059Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Brachiopoda » Rhynchonellata
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Rhynchonellata
Order: Spiriferida
Family: Cyrtospiriferidae
Genus: Cyrtospirifer (Nalivkin, 1924)
Species: Cyrtospirifer verneuili (Murchison, 1840)
*One specimen moved to paleo display, other is in original location.
Two specimens with both the brachial and pedicle valves preserved. Prominent fold and sulcus. Thin ribs. Small beak. Rounded, elongated anterior margin. Straight posterior margin. Long, thin hinge line.
Specifications
| Object name | Cyrtospirifer verneuili |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2017-0059 |
| 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: Upper Devonian Age: Frasnian |
| Numeric age | 382.7 Mya |
| Origin | Barvaux, Wallonia, Belgium |
| Pieces | 2 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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