Glyptocystis forbesi
UNB-2019-0331Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Echinodermata » Blastozoa
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Subphylum: Blastozoa
Order: Rhombifera
Family: Glyptocystitidae
Genus: Glyptocystis (Billings, 1854)
Species: Glyptocystis forbesi (Billings, 1857)
Large specimen of shale with partial ambulacra of blastoids embedded on the sediment as well as minor bivalves. One prominent columnal can be seem but does not appear to be attached to a blastoid.
Specifications
| Object name | Glyptocystis forbesi |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2019-0331 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Blastozoa |
| Composition | Shale |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Ordovician Epoch: Middle Ordovician Age: Darriwilian |
| Numeric age | 467.3 Mya |
| Origin | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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