Parasmilia ludoviciana
UNB-2019-0126Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Cnidaria » Anthozoa » Hexacorallia
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Subclass: Hexacorallia
Order: Scleractinia
Family: Caryophylliidae
Genus: Parasmilia (Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1848)
Species: Parasmilia ludoviciana (Vaughan, 1900)
Two thin conical specimens with large septa and thin costae. Visible growth rings.
Specifications
| Object name | Parasmilia ludoviciana |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2019-0126 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Cnidaria Subphylum: Anthozoa Class: Hexacorallia |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Cenozoic Period: Paleogene Epoch: Eocene Age: Late Eocene |
| Numeric age | 35 Mya |
| Origin | Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 2 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- Vaughan, T. W. (1920). Contributions to the geology and paleontology of the Canal Zone, Panama, and geologically related areas in Central America and the West Indies. Bulletin of the United States National Museum.
- Vaughan, T. W., The Eocene and lower Oligocene coral fannas of the United States, U. 8. Geol. Surrey Mon. 39, pp. 263, 24 pis., 1900