Praeradiolites hoeninghausi
UNB-2018-0673Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Bivalvia
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Autobranchia
Order: Hippuritida
Family: Radiolitidae
Genus: Praeradiolites (Douvillé, 1902)
Species: Praeradiolites hoeninghausi (Desmoulins, 1826)
Large conical specimen with both valves preserved. Prominent growth lines. Plication near the commissure. Barnacle encrusted on specimen.
*Collected in 1972.
Specifications
| Object name | Praeradiolites hoeninghausi |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0673 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Mesozoic Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Upper Cretaceous Age: Maastrichtian |
| Numeric age | 72.1 Mya |
| Origin | West of Darab, Fars, South Iran |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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