Spinyplatyceras dumosum
UNB-2018-0564Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Gastropoda » Eogastropoda
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Eogastropoda
Order: Euomphalina
Family: Platyceratidae
Genus: Spinyplatyceras (Blodgett and Frýda, 1999)
Species: Spinyplatyceras dumosum (Conrad, 1840)
Var: Varis pinnus (Hall)
Specimen of a conical shell embedded on the surface of the sediment. Thin growth lines are visible. Posterior and anterior ends are embedded into sediment. Basal portion of spines are preserved on the specimen.
Specifications
| Object name | Spinyplatyceras dumosum |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0564 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Eogastropoda |
| Composition | Limestone |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Devonian Epoch: Middle Devonian to Upper Devonian Age: Eifelian to Famennian |
| Numeric age | 393.3 - 372.2 Mya |
| Origin | Thedford, Ontario, Canada |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- T. A. Conrad. 1840. Third annual report on the palaeontological department of the survey. New York Geological Survey, Annual Report 4(1):199-207
- R. B. Blodgett and J. Frýda. 1999. New Devonian gastropod genera important for paleogeographic reconstructions. Journal of the Czech Geological Society 44(3/4):293-308