Parajuresania nebrascensis
UNB-2018-0307Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Brachiopoda » Strophomenata
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Strophomenata
Order: Productida
Family: Echinooconchidae
Genus: Parajuresania
Species: Parajuresania nebrascensis (Owen, 1852)
Specimen of the brachial valve and interior portion of the brachial valve preserved. Flatten/concave specimen. Prominent ribs and growth lines are visible on the exterior portion of the valve. Basal portion of spines are preserved on the brachial valve. Anterior adductor scars and cardinal ridges are visible on the interior part of the valve. Qaudrifid cardinal process with shaft is preserved. Rounded square anterior margin and straight/rounded posterior margin.
Specifications
| Object name | Parajuresania nebrascensis |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0307 |
| 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 Age: Late Pennsylvanian |
| Numeric age | 299 Mya |
| Origin | Peru, Iowa, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- D.D Owen. 1852. Report of a geological survey of Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota and incidentally a portion of Nebraska Territory