Mucrospirifer thedfordensis
UNB-2018-0302Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Brachiopoda » Rhynchonellata
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Rhynchonellata
Order: Spiriferida
Family: Mucrospirieridae
Genus: Mucrospirifer (Grabau, 1931)
Species: Mucrospirifer thedfordensis
Specimen with both the brachial and pedicle valves preserved. Medium ribs (0.13 cm). Prominent plication. Well-defined sulcus (0.8 cm) and fold (0.8 cm). Rounded, elongated anterior margin and straight posterior margin. Thin hinge line. Small beak.
Specifications
| Object name | Mucrospirifer thedfordensis |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0302 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Brachiopoda Class: Rhynchonellata |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Devonian Epoch: Middle Devonian Age: Givetian |
| Numeric age | 387.7 Mya |
| Origin | Arkona, Ontario, Canada |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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