Gypidula pseudogaleata
UNB-2018-0060Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Brachiopoda » Rhynchonellata
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Rhynchonellata
Order: Pentamerida
Family: Gypidulidae
Genus: Gypidula (Hall, 1867)
Species: Gypidula pseudogaleata (Hall, 1857)
Specimen with both the brachial and pedicle valves preserved, with the brachial valve notably smaller compared to the pedicle valve. Defined ribs. Anterior margin is missing on the pedicle valve. Faint sulcus visible on the pedicle valve. Rounded anterior margin and rounded/triangular posterior margin. Large, rounded beak.
Specifications
| Object name | Gypidula pseudogaleata |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0060 |
| 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: Middle Devonian |
| Numeric age | 393.3 Mya |
| Origin | Schoharie County, New York, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- J. G. Johnson. 1970. Great Basin Lower Devonian Brachiopoda. Geological Society of America Special Paper (131):1-421
- J. Hall. 1867. Account of some new or little known species of fossils from rocks of the age of the Niagara Group. State of New York in Senate Document 239:305-410