Wellerella osagensis
UNB-2018-0267Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Brachiopoda » Rhynchonellata
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Rhynchonellata
Order: Rhynchonellida
Family: Wellerellidae
Genus: Wellerella (Dunbar and Condra, 1932)
Species: Wellerella osagensis (Shumard and Swallow, 1858)
Two small specimens labeled a and b, both with both the brachial and pedicle valves preserved. Medium ribs (~0.15 cm) that are weathered near the posterior margin. Faint sulcus (~0.4 cm). Brachial valve is convex. Rounded anterior margin and triangular posterior margin.
Specifications
| Object name | Wellerella osagensis |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0267 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Brachiopoda Class: Rhynchonellata |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Carboniferous Subperiod: Mississipian Epoch: Middle Mississipian to Upper Mississipian Age: Visean to Serpukhovian |
| Numeric age | 346.7 - 330.9 Mya |
| Origin | Pella, Iowa, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 2 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- B. F. Shumard and G.C. Swallow. 1858. Descriptions of new fossils from the Coal Measures of Missouri and Kansas. Academy of Science of St. Louis Transactions 1:198-227
- C. O. Dunbar and G. E. Condra. 1932. Brachiopoda of the Pennsylvanian System in Nebraska. Geological Survey of Nebraska Bulletin, Second Series 5:1-377