Megalomoidea canadensis
UNB-2018-0814Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Bivalvia
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Autobranchia
Order: Megalodontida
Family: Megalondontidae
Genus: Megalomoidea (Hall, 1852)
Species: Megalomoidea canadensis (Hall, 1852)
Specimen with both the left and right valves preserved. Reticulate texture is visible on the anterior margin. Triangular umbo. Large lunule that is infilled with sediment. Oval ventral margin and triangular/rounded dorsal margin.
Specifications
| Object name | Megalomoidea canadensis |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0814 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Silurian |
| Numeric age | 443.8 Mya |
| Origin | Guelph, Ontario, Canada |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- J. Hall. 1852. Containing descriptions of the organic remains of the lower middle division of the New York system. Paleontology of New York 2:1-362