Whitfieldella nitida
UNB-2018-0326Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Brachiopoda » Rhynchonellata
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Rhynchonellata
Order: Athyridida
Family: Meristelloidea
Genus: Whitfieldella (Hall and Clarke, 1893)
Species: Whitfieldella nitida (Hall, 1843)
Two specimens, with the smaller specimen being Whitfieldella nitida. Whitfieldella nitida specimen has both the brachial and pedicle valves preserved. Faint costae near the commissure but is weathered on the most of the valves. Plication is faint near the commissure. Faint sulcus. Pedicle valve is convex. Rounded anterior and posterior margin.
Second specimen is a Spiriferid.
Specifications
| Object name | Whitfieldella nitida |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0326 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Brachiopoda Class: Rhynchonellata |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Silurian Epoch: Wenlock |
| Numeric age | 433.4 Mya |
| Origin | West Tennessee, Tennessee, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 2 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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