Meekoceras gracilitatis
UNB-2018-0866Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Cephalopoda » Ammonoidea
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ceratitida
Family: Prionitidae
Genus: Meekoceras (Hyatt, 1879)
Species: Meekoceras gracilitatis (White, 1879)
Oxycone specimen with two visible whorls. Umbilicus is weathered. Curved ribs are faintly visible. Thin keel. Triangular aperture that is missing the apex.
Specifications
| Object name | Meekoceras gracilitatis |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0866 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Cephalopoda Subclass: Ammonoidea |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Mesozoic Period: Triassic Epoch: Lower Triassic |
| Numeric age | 251.902 Mya |
| Origin | Hendon Spring, Montana, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- C. A. White. 1879. Paleontological papers no. 9: fossils of the Jura-Trias of southeastern Idaho. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 5:105-117