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Nuculopsis girtyi

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Description

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Subclass: Protobranchia Order: Nuculida Family: Nuculidae Genus: Nuculopsis (Girty, 1912) Species: Nuculopsis girtyi (Schenck, 1934) Four small specimens with both the left and right valves preserved. Faint growth lines are visible. Prominent lunule and hinge ligament. Faint posterior ridge. Rounded, elongated ventral margin towards the posterior end. Triangular/rounded dorsal margin.

Specifications

Object nameNuculopsis girtyi
IDUNB-2018-0438
Legal statusPermanent collection
CategoryFossil
Classification
Domain:
Eukaryote
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
CompositionCalcium carbonate
Age
Eon:
Phanerozoic
Era:
Paleozoic
Period:
Carboniferous
Subperiod:
Pennsylvanian
Epoch:
Upper Pennsylvanian
Age:
Virgilian
Numeric age303 Mya
OriginColeman County, Texas, U.S.A.
Pieces4
PartialNo
Measurements
  • 1.6cm x 1cm x 0.9cm
  • 1.5cm x 1cm x 0.6cm
  • 1.7cm x 1.1cm x 0.9cm
  • 1.4cm x 0.9cm x 0.9cm

Map of Origin

Publications

  • H. G. Schenck. 1934. Classification of nuculid pelecypods. Musée Royal d’Histoire Naturelle de Belgique, Bulletin 10(20):1-78
  • G. H. Girty. 1912. On some new genera and species of Pennsylvanian fossils from the Wewoka Formation of Oklahoma. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 21(2):119-156
  • J. Hall and F. B. Meek. 1855. Descriptions of New Species of Fossils, from the Cretaceous Formations of Nebraska, with Observations upon Baculites ovatus and B. compressus, and the Progressive Development of the Septa in Baculites, Ammonites, and Scaphites. Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 5(2):379-411