Goniorhynchia boueti
UNB-2018-0250Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Brachiopoda » Rhynchonellata
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Rhynchonellata
Order: Rhynchonellida
Family: Tetrarhychiidae
Genus: Goniorhynchia (Buckman, 1917)
Species: Goniorhynchia boueti (Davidson, 1852)
Specimen with both the brachial and pedicle valves preserved. Medium ribs (0.11 cm) that are slightly weathered near the posterior margin. Defined sulcus (0.9 cm) and faint fold composed of four ribs (0.8 cm). Rounded anterior margin and triangular posterior margin. Plication near the commissure.
Specifications
| Object name | Goniorhynchia boueti |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0250 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Brachiopoda Class: Rhynchonellata |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Mesozoic Period: Jurassic Epoch: Middle Jurassic Age: Bathonian |
| Numeric age | 168.3 Mya |
| Origin | Herbury, Dorset, England, United Kingdom |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- S. S. Buckman. 1917. The Brachiopoda of the Namyau Beds, Northern Shan States, Burma. Palaeontologia Indica 3(2):1-254