Glyptorthis insculpta
UNB-2018-0328Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Brachiopoda » Rhynchonellata
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Rhynchonellata
Order: Orthida
Family: Glyptorthidae
Genus: Glyptorthis (Foerste, 1914)
Species: Glyptorthis insculpta (Hall, 1847)
Two specimens of the pedicle valve. Medium costae (0.11 cm) and faint growth lines near the anterior margin. Faint sulcus (0.6 cm). The smaller specimen has the interarea and delthyrium preserved. Rounded/square anterior margin and straight posterior margin.
Specifications
| Object name | Glyptorthis insculpta |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0328 |
| 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 Epoch: Upper Ordovician |
| Numeric age | 458.4 Mya |
| Origin | Liberty, Indiana, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 2 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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