Platycrinites hemisphericus
UNB-2019-0508Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Echinodermata » Crinozoa » Crinoidea » Camerata
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Crinoidea
Subclass: Camerata
Order: Monobathrida
Family: Platycrinitidae
Genus: Platycrinites (Miller, 1821)
Species: Platycrinites hemisphericus (Meek and Worthen, 1865)
Four samples with specimens embedded into the sediments. Various degrees of preservation. One specimen has visible calyx and brachia, other specimens show portions of the calyx.
Specifications
| Object name | Platycrinites hemisphericus |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2019-0508 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Crinozoa Class: Crinoidea Subclass: Camerata |
| Composition | Limestone |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Carboniferous Subperiod: Mississipian Epoch: Middle Mississipian Age: Visean |
| Numeric age | 346.7 Mya |
| Origin | Crawfordsville, Indiana, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 4 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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