Modestella modesta
UNB-2018-0207Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Brachiopoda » Rhynchonellata
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Rhynchonellata
Order: Terebratulida
Family: Zeilleriidae
Genus: Modestella (Owen, 1961)
Species: Modestella modesta (Owen, 1961)
Sample with several small pedicle and brachial valves embedded on the surface of the sediment. Ribs are prominent and faint sulcus is visible on some specimens. Rounded anterior margin and triangular/rounded posterior margin. Small beak.
Specifications
| Object name | Modestella modesta |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0207 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Brachiopoda Class: Rhynchonellata |
| Composition | Limestone |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Ordovician to Late Ordovician |
| Numeric age | 450 Mya |
| Origin | Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- E. Owen. 1961. Brachiopods, in The stratigraphical palaeontology of the lower Greensand. Palaeontology 3:487-621