Platystrophia ponderosa
UNB-2018-0145Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Brachiopoda » Rhynchonellata
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Rhynchonellata
Order: Orthida
Family: Platystrophiidae
Genus: Platystrophia (King, 1850)
Species: Platystrophia ponderosa (Foerste, 1909)
Two specimens labeled a and b; One specimen having both the brachial and pedicle valves preserved and the other specimen being only the brachial valve preserved. Large ribs, folds and sulcus. Plication near the commissure. Both valves are highly convex. Small beak. Rounded anterior and posterior margin.
Specifications
| Object name | Platystrophia ponderosa |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0145 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Brachiopoda Class: Rhynchonellata |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Ordovician to Late Ordovician |
| Numeric age | 450 Mya |
| Origin | Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 2 |
| Partial | No |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- A. F. Foerste. 1909. Preliminary Notes on Cincinnatian Fossils. Bulletin of the Scientific Laboratories of Denison University 14(4):289-334
- W. King. 1850. Monograph of the Permian fossils of England. Palaeontographical Society