Leptaena sp.
UNB-2020-0149Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Brachiopoda » Strophomenata
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Strophomenata
Order: Strophomenida
Family: Rafinesquinidae
Genus: Leptaena (Dalman, 1828)
Specimen of the pedicle valve embedded on the sediment. Convex anterior margin. Thin rugae (0.1 cm) and thin striae (0.05 cm). Faint sulcus (0.4 cm). Rounded/square anterior margin and straight posterior margin.
*Collected in August, 1958.
Specifications
| Object name | Leptaena sp. |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2020-0149 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Brachiopoda Class: Strophomenata |
| Composition | Limestone |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Carboniferous Subperiod: Mississipian Epoch: Middle Mississipian Age: Visean |
| Numeric age | 346.7 Mya |
| Origin | Odin Mine, Castleton, England, United Kingdom |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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