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Platyceras (Orthonychia) cornutum

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Description

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Neritimorpha Order: Cyrtoneritida Family: Orthonychiidae Genus: Platyceras (Hall, 1843) Subgenus: Platyceras (Orthonychia) (Hall, 1843) Species: Platyceras cornutum (Tschernischew, 1885) Five specimen, of varying sizes, labeled a to e. Four specimens have two to three visible whorls and one specimen is missing the apex of the shell. Conical specimens with a planispiral spire. Apertures are large and infilled with sediment.

Specifications

Object namePlatyceras (Orthonychia) cornutum
IDUNB-2018-0619
Legal statusPermanent collection
CategoryFossil
Classification
Domain:
Eukaryote
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Subclass:
Neritimorpha
CompositionCalcium carbonate
Age
Eon:
Phanerozoic
Era:
Paleozoic
Period:
Silurian
Epoch:
Wenlock
Numeric age433.4 Mya
OriginIndiana U.S.A.
Pieces5
PartialNo
Measurements
  • 4.2cm x 2.4cm x 3.9cm
  • 3.9cm x 3cm x 1.8cm
  • 2.5cm x 1.8cm x 2cm
  • 1.2cm x 2cm x 1.2cm
  • 1cm x 0.9cm x 0.5cm

Map of Origin

Publications

  • T. Tschernischew. 1885. Die Fauna des Unteren Devons am Westabhang des Ural. Mémoirs des Commission Géologie 3:1-107
  • J. Hall. 1843. Geology of New York. Part IV, comprising the survey of the fourth geological district. Natural History of New York 4:1-683