Orthoceras regularis?
UNB-2019-0858Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Cephalopoda » Orthoceratoidea
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Orthoceratoidea
Order: Orthocerida
Family: Orthoceratidae
Genus: Orthoceras (Breynius, 1832)
Species: Orthoceras regularis (Schlotheim, 1820)
Partial elongated conical shell with faint sutures.
*Original specimen label has it as Orothceras regularis however, it may be mislabel and actually younger specimen, Baculites.
Specifications
| Object name | Orthoceras regularis? |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2019-0858 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Cephalopoda Subclass: Orthoceratoidea |
| Composition | Pyrite, Silica |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Ordovician Epoch: Middle Ordovician |
| Numeric age | 470 Mya |
| Origin | Erie County, New York, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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