Inoceramus sp.
UNB-2018-0791Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Bivalvia
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Autobranchia
Order: Myalinida
Family: Inoceramidae
Genus: Inoceramus (Sowerby, 1814)
Small specimen with both the left and right valves preserved. Prominent growth lines and faint posterior ridge. Rounded ventral margin and triangular dorsal margin.
Specifications
| Object name | Inoceramus sp. |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0791 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Mesozoic Period: Jurassic to Cretaceous Epoch: Middle Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous Age: Callovian to Valanginian |
| Numeric age | 166.1 - 139.8 Mya |
| Origin | Prince Patrick Island, Northwest Territories, Canada |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- J. Sowerby. 1814. "A paper by Mr. Sowerby was read on a fossil shell which occurs in chalk, very frequently in the flint nodules". Annals of Philosophy 4:448