Floweria chemungensis
UNB-2018-0194Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Brachiopoda » Strophomenata
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Strophomenata
Order: Orthotetida
Family: Areostrophiidae
Genus: Floweria (Cooper and Dutro, 1982)
Species: Floweria chemungensis (Conrad, 1842)
Sample with large cast of the pedicle valve on one side of the sediment and the other side has three molds. Thin ribs and faint sulcus is visible on the cast. Rounded anterior margin that is partially missing. Straight posterior margin and small umbo.
Specifications
| Object name | Floweria chemungensis |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0194 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Brachiopoda Class: Strophomenata |
| Composition | Shale |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Devonian Epoch: Upper Devonian Age: Frasnian |
| Numeric age | 382.7 Mya |
| Origin | Ithaca, New York, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- T. A. Conrad. 1842. Observations on the Silurian and Devonian systems of the United States, with descriptions of new organic remains. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8(2):228-280
- G. A. Cooper and J. T. Dutro. 1982. Devonian brachiopods of New Mexico. Bulletins of American Paleontology 82-83(315):1-125