Endoceras proteiforme
UNB-2018-0494Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Cephalopoda » Endoceratoidea
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Endoceratoidea
Order: Endocerida
Family: Endoceratidae
Genus: Endoceras (Hall, 1847)
Species: Endoceras proteiforme (Hall, 1847)
Two specimens with orthoconic shells of the posterior end. Thin, prominent annulation (0.3 cm). Smaller specimen has Calcite crystallization on the interior portion of the shell. Specimens are slightly weathered.
Specifications
| Object name | Endoceras proteiforme |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0494 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Cephalopoda Subclass: Endoceratoidea |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Late Ordovician to Ordovician Epoch: Cincinnatian |
| Numeric age | 451 Mya |
| Origin | Hamilton County, Ohio, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 2 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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