Pugnoides ottumwa
UNB-2018-0075Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Brachiopoda » Rhynchonellata
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Rhynchonellata
Order: Rhynchonellida
Family: Petasmariidae
Genus: Pugnoides (Weller, 1910)
Species: Pugnoides ottumwa (White, 1862)
Two specimens with both the brachial and pedicle valves preserved, with the smaller specimen being Pugnoides ottumwa. The smaller specimen, has large prominent ribs and sulcus. Anterior margin is rounded and posterior margin is triangular. Small beak. The largest specimen, appears to be some sort of Athyridida with a portion of the anterior margin missing. No visible ribs but faint concentric growth lines near the anterior margin that is preserved. Oval shaped specimen with a small beak. Posterior margin is triangular in appearance. Faint plication in the smaller specimen.
Specifications
| Object name | Pugnoides ottumwa |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0075 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Brachiopoda Class: Rhynchonellata |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Carboniferous Subperiod: Mississipian Epoch: Middle Mississipian to Upper Mississipian Age: Visean to Serpukhovian |
| Numeric age | 346.7 - 330.9 Mya |
| Origin | Pella, Iowa, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 2 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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