Texigryphaea mucronata
UNB-2018-0823Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Bivalvia
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Autobranchia
Order: Ostreida
Family: Gryphaeidae
Genus: Texigryphaea (Cox, 1971)
Species: Texigryphaea mucronata (Gabb, 1869)
Three specimens; One specimen with both the left and right valves preserved and the other two specimens are of only the right valve. Prominent growth lines with a curved anterior margin. Triangular, curved umbo. Rounded ventral margin and triangular/rounded dorsal margin.
Specifications
| Object name | Texigryphaea mucronata |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0823 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Mesozoic Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Lower Cretaceous to Upper Cretaceous Age: Albian to Cenomanian |
| Numeric age | 113 - 100.5 Mya |
| Origin | Denton County, Texas, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 3 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- W. M. Gabb. 1869. Section II. Cretaceous Fossils. Part I. Description of Cretaceous Fossils from Mexico. Palaeontology of California, Volume II, Cretaceous and Tertiary Fossils
- L. R. Cox. 1971. Part N errata and revisions. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part N, Mollusca 6, Bivalvia 3