Spirifer logani
UNB-2017-0066Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Brachiopoda » Rhynchonellata
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Rhynchonellata
Order: Spiriferida
Family: Spiriferidae
Genus: Spirifer (Sowerby, 1818)
Species: Spirifer logani (Hall, 1858)
Specimen with both the brachial and pedicle valves preserved. Brachial valve is embedded into the sediment, anterior margin cannot be seen. Visible fold and sulcus. Thin ribs. Anterior margin on pedicle valve is rounded.
Specifications
| Object name | Spirifer logani |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2017-0066 |
| 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 | Unknown |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Publications
- J. Sowerby. 1818. No. XXX in the mineral conchology of Great Britain; or colored figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the Earth. The mineral conchology of Great Britain 3:1-194