Paracyrtolites carinatus
UNB-2018-0626Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Monoplacophora » Tergomya
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Tergomya
Order: Crytonellida
Family: Crytolitidae
Genus: Paracyrtolites (Wahlman, 1992)
Species: Paracyrtolites carinatus (Miller, 1874)
Large sample of limestone embedded with various Brachiopods, Crinoid stems and individual columnals, Bryozoa and very few Paracyrtolites carinatus.
Specifications
| Object name | Paracyrtolites carinatus |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0626 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Monoplacophora Subclass: Tergomya |
| Composition | Limestone |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Ordovician to Late Ordovician |
| Numeric age | 450 Mya |
| Origin | Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- S. A. Miller. 1874. Monograph of the Gastropoda of the Cincinnati Group. Cincinnati Quarterly Journal of Science 1:302-320
- G.P. Wahlman. 1992. Middle and Upper Ordovician symmetrical univalved mollusks (Monoplacophora and Bellerophontina) of the Cincinnati Arch region. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1066(O):1-123