Schizodus wheeleri
UNB-2018-0385Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Bivalvia
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Autobranchia
Order: Trigoniida
Family: Schizodidae
Genus: Schizodus (King, 1844)
Species: Schizodus wheeleri (Swallow, 1863)
Specimen with both the left and right valves preserved. Faint growth lines are visible near the ventral margin. Visible umbo. Specimen is encrusted with sediment.
Specifications
| Object name | Schizodus wheeleri |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0385 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Permian Subperiod: Early Permian Epoch: Wolfcampian |
| Numeric age | 297 Mya |
| Origin | Grand Summit, Kansas, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- W. King. 1844. On a new genus of Paleozoic shells. Annual Magazine of Natural History (Series 1) 14:313-317