Neochonetes granulifer
UNB-2018-0364Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Brachiopoda » Strophomenata
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Strophomenata
Order: Strophomenida
Family: Rugosochonetidae
Genus: Neochonetes (Muir-Wood, 1962)
Species: Neochonetes granulifer (Owen, 1852)
Specimen of the pedicle valve that is slightly encrusted with sediment near the anterior margin. Thin costae and faint sulcus (0.3 cm). Circular anterior margin and straight posterior margin.
Specifications
| Object name | Neochonetes granulifer |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0364 |
| 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 Epoch: Upper Pennsylvanian Age: Virgilian |
| Numeric age | 303 Mya |
| Origin | Wellsburg, West Virginia, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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