Megalodon sp.
UNB-2018-0810Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Bivalvia
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Autobranchia
Order: Megalodontida
Family: Megalodontidae
Genus: Megalodon (Sowerby, 1827)
Large specimen with both the left and right valves preserved. Faint growth lines are visible on the left valve near the anterior margin. Weathered specimen. Lunule is preserved but weathered. Rounded, elongated ventral margin and rounded/triangular dorsal margin.
Specifications
| Object name | Megalodon sp. |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0810 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia |
| Composition | Limestone |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Devonian |
| Numeric age | 419.2 Mya |
| Origin | Unknown |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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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