Conispirifer cyrtinaformis
UNB-2018-0389Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Brachiopoda » Rhynchonellata
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Rhynchonellata
Order: Spiriferida
Family: Conispiriferidae
Genus: Conispirifer
Species: Conispirifer cyrtinaformis (Hall and Whitfield, 1872)
Small specimen with both the brachial and pedicle valves preserved. Brachial valve is flat. Thin costae (0.05 cm). Small, defined sulcus (0.3 cm). Thin, prominent delthyrium (0.6 cm x 0.2 cm) and large interarea. Circular anterior margin and triangular posterior margin.
Specifications
| Object name | Conispirifer cyrtinaformis |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0389 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Brachiopoda Class: Rhynchonellata |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Devonian Epoch: Upper Devonian Age: Frasnian |
| Numeric age | 382.7 Mya |
| Origin | Rockford, Iowa, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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