Asteroid
UNB-2019-0437Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Echinodermata » Asterozoa » Asteroidea
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Asteroidea
Three specimens; The largest specimen is mostly intact with all five arms preserved with some portions missing. The ventral surface shows the ambulacral grooves of each arm. The mouth, pedicellariae and ambulacral spines are visible.
Other specimens are mostly portions of individual arms with one having the ambulacral groove visible with spines and pedicellariae visible as well.
Smallest specimen is almost a fully intact specimen with five arms, appears to be a different species from the other specimens. Ventral side has the mouth, ambulacral groove, ambulacral spines and pedicellariae visible.
Specifications
| Object name | Asteroid |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2019-0437 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Asterozoa Class: Asteroidea |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Cenozoic Period: Quaternary |
| Numeric age | 2.58 Mya |
| Origin | Unknown |
| Pieces | 3 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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