Spirifer sp.
UNB-2018-0349Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Brachiopoda » Rhynchonellata
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Rhynchonellata
Order: Spiriferida
Family: Spiriferidae
Genus: Spirifer (Sowerby, 1818)
Specimen with only the pedicle valve preserved. Medium ribs (0.08 cm). Large, defined sulcus (0.5 cm). Part of the anterior margin is missing. Posterior margin is triangular/rounded.
Specifications
| Object name | Spirifer sp. |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0349 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Brachiopoda Class: Rhynchonellata |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Carboniferous to Early Carboniferous Subperiod: Mississipian to Mississippian Epoch: Middle Mississipian Age: Visean |
| Numeric age | 346.7 - 358 Mya |
| Origin | Hulbert, Oklahoma, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- J. Sowerby. 1818. No. XXX in the mineral conchology of Great Britain; or colored figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the Earth. The mineral conchology of Great Britain 3:1-194