Pteromeris sp.
UNB-2020-0101Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Bivalvia
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Autobranchia
Order: Carditida
Family: Carditidae
Genus: Pteromeris (Dall, 1903)
Species: Pteromeris uncolina? (Classification cannot be found online)
Two specimens; One specimen of the right valve and one specimen of the left valve. Faint growth lines. Circular ventral margin and triangular dorsal margin. Heterodont dentition.
Specifications
| Object name | Pteromeris sp. |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2020-0101 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Cenozoic Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene Age: Vindobonien |
| Numeric age | 15 Mya |
| Origin | Indre et Loire, France |
| Pieces | 2 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- W. H. Dall. 1903. Contributions to the Tertiary Fauna of Florida (Part 6). Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science of Philadelphia 3(6):1219-1654