Echinoconchus semipunctatus
UNB-2018-0058Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Brachiopoda » Strophomenata
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Strophomenata
Order: Productida
Family: Echinoconchidae
Genus: Echinoconchus (Weller, 1914)
Species: Echinoconchus semipunctatus (Shepard)
Specimen of a large pedicle valve with faint sulcus. Prominent concentric growth lines. Large, rounded posterior margin. Anterior margin is embedded into sediment.
Specifications
| Object name | Echinoconchus semipunctatus |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0058 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Brachiopoda Class: Strophomenata |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Carboniferous Subperiod: Pennsylvanian |
| Numeric age | 323.2 Mya |
| Origin | Kansas City, Kansas, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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