Endoceras proteiforme
UNB-2018-0496Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Cephalopoda » Endoceratoidea
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Endoceratoidea
Order: Endocertida
Family: Endoceratidae
Genus: Endoceras (Hall, 1847)
Species: Endoceras proteiforme (Hall, 1847)
Large specimen of an orthoconic shell of the posterior end. Thin, prominent annulation (0.6 cm). Septa are visible and siphuncle can be faintly seen on the anterior margin of the specimen. Bryozoa encrusted on the specimen.
Specifications
| Object name | Endoceras proteiforme |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0496 |
| 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 Age: Blackriveran |
| Numeric age | 460 Mya |
| Origin | Criner Hills, Oklahoma, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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