Paucicrura corpulenta
UNB-2017-0074Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Brachiopoda » Rhynchonellata
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Rhynchonellata
Order: Orthida
Family: Dalmanellidae
Genus: Paucicrura (Cooper, 1956)
Species: Paucicrura corpulenta (Sardeson, 1892)
Specimen of the pedicle valve with thin ribs and faint concentric growth lines near the anterior margin. Faint sulcus. Concave near the anterior margin. Rounded, large beak. Square/rounded anterior margin and rounded posterior margin. Faint plication.
Specifications
| Object name | Paucicrura corpulenta |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2017-0074 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Brachiopoda Class: Rhynchonellata |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Ordovician Age: Maysvillian |
| Numeric age | 458 Mya |
| Origin | Spring Valley, Minnesota, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- F.W. Sardeson. 1892. Fossils in the St. Peter sandstone. Minnesota Academy of Natural Science Bulletin 3:319-326
- G. A. Cooper. 1956. Chazyan and related brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127:1-1245