Ectenocrinus simplex
UNB-2019-0554Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Echinodermata » Crinozoa » Crinoidea » Pentacrinoidea
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Crinoidea
Subclass: Pentacrinoidea
Superorder: Disparida
Family: Heterocrinidae
Genus: Ecteoncrinus (Hall, 1872)
Species: Ectenocrinus simplex (Hall, 1847)
More than five hundred specimens. Thin stems with prominent columnals and small rounded axial canal visible in some specimens.
Specifications
| Object name | Ectenocrinus simplex |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2019-0554 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Crinozoa Class: Crinoidea Subclass: Pentacrinoidea |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Ordovician to Late Ordovician |
| Numeric age | 450 Mya |
| Origin | Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 578 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements | Too many to measure |
Map of Origin
Publications
- J. Hall. 1847. Containing descriptions of the organic remains of the lower division of the New York system (equivalent of the Lower Silurian rocks of Europe). Paleontology of New York 1:1-338