Amaltheus margaritatus
UNB-2018-0482Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Cephalopoda » Ammonoidea
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Liparoceratidae
Genus: Amaltheus (de Montford, 1808)
Species: Amaltheus margaritatus (de Montford, 1808)
Two fragments of an individual specimen of a platycone shell with three complete whorls. Thin, large ribs (0.2 cm) and prominent keel. Umbilicus is partially visible. Thin, triangular aperture.
Specifications
| Object name | Amaltheus margaritatus |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0482 |
| 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: Lower Jurassic Age: Pliensbachian |
| Numeric age | 192 Mya |
| Origin | Holzland, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany |
| Pieces | 2 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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