Branneroceras branneri
UNB-2018-0723Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Cephalopoda » Ammonoidea
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Goniatitida
Family: Schistoceratidae
Genus: Branneroceras (Plummer and Scott, 1937)
Species: Branneroceras branneri (Smith, 1896)
Specimen of a serpenticone shell embedded into sediment. Outer most whorl is visible and umbilicus is encrusted with sediment. Curved ribs visible on the inner part of the whorls. Goniatitic suture pattern visible on the outer most whorl.
Specifications
| Object name | Branneroceras branneri |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0723 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Cephalopoda Subclass: Ammonoidea |
| Composition | Limestone |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Carboniferous Subperiod: Pennsylvanian Epoch: Lower Pennsylvanian Age: Bashkirian |
| Numeric age | 323.2 Mya |
| Origin | Gaither Mountain, Arkansas, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- F. B. Plummer and G. Scott. 1937. Upper Paleozoic ammonites in Texas. The University of Texas Bulletin 3701:1-516