Cardioceras cordatum
UNB-2018-0401Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Cephalopoda » Ammonoidea
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Cardioceratidae
Genus: Cardioceras
Species: Cardioceras cordatum (Sowerby, 1813)
Specimen with three whorls. Platycone shell shape. Large ribs and prominent keel. Umbilicus is weathered and encrusted with sediment on one side of the shell. Aperture is weathered and infilled with sediment.
Specifications
| Object name | Cardioceras cordatum |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0401 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Cephalopoda Subclass: Ammonoidea |
| Composition | Silica |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Mesozoic Period: Jurassic Epoch: Middle Jurassic Age: Bajocian |
| Numeric age | 170.3 Mya |
| Origin | Herznach, Laufenburg, Aargau, Switzerland |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- J. Sowerby. 1813. 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. Parts III to VIII. The mineral conchology of Great Britain 1(Pts 3-8):33-96