Schizophoria (Schizophoria) iowensi
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Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Rhynchonellata
Order: Orthida
Family: Schizophoriidae
Genus: Schizophoria (King, 1850)
Subgenus: Schizophoria (Schizophoria) (King, 1850)
Species: Schizophoria (Schizophoria) iowensi (Hall, 1858)
Large specimen with both the brachial and pedicle valves preserved. Thin ribs and faint growth lines. Brachial valve is concave near the anterior margin. Convex pedicle valve. Rounded anterior margin and bulbous posterior margin. Plication near commissure.
Specifications
| Object name | Schizophoria (Schizophoria) iowensi |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0123 |
| 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: Upper Devonian Age: Frasnian |
| Numeric age | 382.7 Mya |
| Origin | Rockford, Iowa, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- J. Hall. 1858. Palaeontology of Iowa. Report of the Geological Survey of the state of Iowa 1(2):473-724