Platyceras niagarensis
UNB-2018-0591Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Gastropoda » Eogastropoda
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Eogastropoda
Order: Euomphalina
Family: Platyceratidae
Genus: Platyceras (Conrad, 1840)
Species: Platyceras niagarensis (Hall, 1852)
Conical specimen with three whorls embedded into the sediment. Aperture is not visible. Specimen is slightly encrusted with sediment.
*This Genus first appeared in the Silurian. On display in Paleo Exhibit, Silurian cabinet.
Specifications
| Object name | Platyceras niagarensis |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0591 |
| 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: Silurian |
| Numeric age | 443.8 Mya |
| Origin | Rochester, New York, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- J. Hall. 1852. Containing descriptions of the organic remains of the lower middle division of the New York system. Paleontology of New York 2:1-362
- T. A. Conrad. 1840. Third annual report on the palaeontological department of the survey. New York Geological Survey, Annual Report 4(1):199-207