Platyceras sp.
UNB-2018-0567Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Gastropoda » Eogastropoda
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Eogastropoda
Order: Euomphalina
Family: Platyceratidae
Genus: Platyceras (Conrad, 1840)
Two specimens, labeled a and b; Larger specimen has three whorls and the smaller specimen has two whorls. Umbilicus is encrusted with sediment in the smaller specimen. Thin, prominent growth lines are visible in the larger specimen. Rounded aperture that is infilled with sediment.
Specifications
| Object name | Platyceras sp. |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0567 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Eogastropoda |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Silurian Epoch: Ludlow to Přídolí |
| Numeric age | 427.4 - 423 Mya |
| Origin | Lawerence Uplift, Ada, Oklahoma, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 2 |
| 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