Cardioceras cordatum
UNB-2018-0750Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Cephalopoda » Ammonoidea
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Cardioceratidae
Genus: Cardioceras (Neumayr & Uhlig, 1881)
Species: Cardioceras cordatum (Sowerby, 1813)
Platycone specimen with four visible whorls. Umbilicus is visible but slightly encrusted with sediment. Thin, curved bifurcating ribs. Thin, prominent keel.
Specifications
| Object name | Cardioceras cordatum |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0750 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Cephalopoda Subclass: Ammonoidea |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Mesozoic Period: Jurassic Epoch: Upper Jurassic Age: Oxfordian |
| Numeric age | 163.5 Mya |
| Origin | Dijon, Cote-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- J. Sowerby. 1813. The mineral conchology of Great Britain; or colored figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the Earth. Parts III to VIII. The mineral conchology of Great Britain 1(Pts 3-8):33-96