Eospirifer sp.
UNB-2018-0330Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Brachiopoda » Rhynchonellata
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Rhynchonellata
Order: Spiriferida
Family: Cyrtiidae
Genus: Eospirifer (Schuchert, 1913)
Four specimens. Three specimens are the pedicle valve embedded on the surface of the sediment and one specimen is of both the brachial and pedicle valves. Thin costae (0.1 cm) that are only preserved on the specimen with both valves. Prominent sulcus (1.0 cm) and fold (0.7 cm). Interarea is infilled with sediment. Large, curved beak. Both valves are lightly convex. Rounded, elongated anterior margin and straight/triangular posterior margin.
Specifications
| Object name | Eospirifer sp. |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0330 |
| 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 |
| Numeric age | 443.8 Mya |
| Origin | Unknown |
| Pieces | 4 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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