Platystrophia ponderosa
UNB-2018-0294Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Brachiopoda » Rhynchonellata
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Rhynchonellata
Order: Orthida
Family: Platystrophiidae
Genus: Platystrophia (King, 1850)
Species: Platystrophia ponderosa (Foerste, 1909)
Specimen with both the brachial and pedicle valves preserved. Large ribs (0.2 cm). Prominent sulcus composed of four ribs (1.2 cm) and thin fold. Rounded anterior margin and rounded/straight posterior margin.
Specifications
| Object name | Platystrophia ponderosa |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0294 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Brachiopoda Class: Rhynchonellata |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Ordovician |
| Numeric age | 485.4 Mya |
| Origin | Madison, Indiana, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- A. F. Foerste. 1909. Preliminary Notes on Cincinnatian Fossils. Bulletin of the Scientific Laboratories of Denison University 14(4):289-334
- W. King. 1850. Monograph of the Permian fossils of England. Palaeontographical Society