Spirifer pellaensis
UNB-2018-0091Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Brachiopoda » Rhynchonellata
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Rhynchonellata
Order: Spiriferida
Family: Spiriferidae
Genus: Spirifer (Sowerby, 1818)
Species: Spirifer pellaensis (Weller, 1914)
Small specimen of the pedicle valve. Faint ribs. Rounded/rectangular anterior margin and straight posterior margin. Small umbo.
Specifications
| Object name | Spirifer pellaensis |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0091 |
| 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 | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- S. Weller. 1914. The Mississippian Brachiopoda of the Mississippian Valley Basin. 1:1-508
- J. Sowerby. 1818. No. XXX in the mineral conchology of Great Britain; or colored figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the Earth. The mineral conchology of Great Britain 3:1-194