Hustedia mormoni
UNB-2018-0397Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Brachiopoda » Rhynchonellata
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Rhynchonellata
Order: Athyridida
Family: Neoretziidae
Genus: Hustedia (Hall and Clarke, 1893)
Species: Hustedia mormoni (Marcou, 1858)
Two specimens with both the brachial and pedicle valves preserved. Faintly biconvex. Medium ribs (0.09 cm). Pedicle foramen is visible in both specimens. Oval anterior margin and rounded/triangular posterior margin.
Specifications
| Object name | Hustedia mormoni |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0397 |
| 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 Subperiod: Pennsylvanian Epoch: Upper Pennsylvanian Age: Virgilian |
| Numeric age | 303 Mya |
| Origin | Lecompton, Kansas, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 2 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- J. Marcou. 1858. Geology of North America with two reports on the Prairies of Arkansas and Texas, the Rocky Mountains of New Mexico, and the Sierra Nevada of California