Megalodon cassianus
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Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Autobranchia
Order: Megalodontida
Family: Megalondontidae
Genus: Megalodon (Sowerby, 1827)
Species: Megalodon cassianus (Hoernes, 1895)
Large specimen of the right valve embedded on the surface of the sediment. Thin growth lines. Rounded, curve umbo. Oval shape ventral margin and rounded/triangular dorsal margin.
Specifications
| Object name | Megalodon cassianus |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0793 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia |
| Composition | Limestone |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Silurian Epoch: Ludlow |
| Numeric age | 427.4 Mya |
| Origin | Guelph, Ontario, Canada |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- J.d.C. Sowerby. 1827. No. XCVII of 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. The mineral conchology of Great Britain 6(94-99):87-156