Hebertella sinuata
UNB-2017-0200Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Brachiopoda » Rhynchonellata
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Rhynchonellata
Order: Orthida
Family: Plectorthidae
Genus: Hebertella (Hall and Clarke, 1892)
Species: Hebertella sinuata (Hall, 1847)
Specimen of the brachial valve with thin ribs. Slight fold and faint growth lines visible near the anterior margin. Anterior margin is slightly concave.
Specifications
| Object name | Hebertella sinuata |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2017-0200 |
| 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 to Late Ordovician |
| Numeric age | 450 Mya |
| Origin | Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- Wright, D. F., & Stigall, A. L. (2013). Phylogenetic revision of the Late Ordovician orthid brachiopod genera Plaesiomys and Hebertella from Laurentia. Journal of Paleontology, 87(06), 1107-1128. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-paleontology/article/phylogenetic-revision-of-the-late-ordovician-orthid-brachiopod-genera-plaesiomys-and-hebertella-from-laurentia/747DA464B54E346F4664ADF3E4691CC4