Dictyoclostus burlingtonensis
UNB-2018-0189Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Brachiopoda » Strophomenata
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Strophomenata
Order: Productida
Family: Productidae
Genus: Dictyoclostus (Muir-Wood, 1930)
Species: Dictyoclostus burlingtonensis (Hall, 1858)
Specimen of the pedicle valve embedded into the sediment. Anterior and posterior margin and not visible. Thin ribs and faint growth lines visible. Valve is convex.
Specifications
| Object name | Dictyoclostus burlingtonensis |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0189 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Brachiopoda Class: Strophomenata |
| Composition | Limestone |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Carboniferous Subperiod: Mississipian Epoch: Lower Mississipian Age: Osagean |
| Numeric age | 348 Mya |
| Origin | Sedalia, Missouri, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- H. M. Muir-Wood. 1930. VII.—The classification of the British Carboniferous Brachiopod subfamily Productinae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5(25):100-108