Reticulatia americana
UNB-2018-0289Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Brachiopoda » Strophomenata
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Strophomenata
Order: Productida
Family: Productidae
Genus: Reticulatia (Muir-Wood and Cooper, 1960)
Species: Reticulatia americana (Dunbar and Condra, 1932)
Specimen with both the brachial and pedicle valves preserved. Large ribs (0.2 cm) with ornamentation near the medial and posterior margin. Pedicle valve is convex and brachial valve is concave. Faint sulcus (2.2 cm). Rounded/square anterior margin and rounded posterior margin. Faint delthyrium. Anterior margin is partially broken. Pedicle valve is encrusted with some sediment.
Specifications
| Object name | Reticulatia americana |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0289 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Brachiopoda Class: Strophomenata |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Carboniferous Subperiod: Pennsylvanian Epoch: Upper Pennsylvanian |
| Numeric age | 307 Mya |
| Origin | Kansas, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- 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