Aptychus of Orthosphinctes
UNB-2018-0280Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Cephalopoda » Ammonoidea
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Ataxioceratidae
Genus: Orthosphinctes (Schindewolf, 1925)
One plate of Aptychus belonging to an Orthosphinctes sp. Visible growth increments. Missing apex.
Specifications
| Object name | Aptychus of Orthosphinctes |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0280 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Cephalopoda Subclass: Ammonoidea |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Mesozoic Period: Jurassic Epoch: Upper Jurassic |
| Numeric age | 163.5 Mya |
| Origin | Bottingen, Tuttlingen, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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