Brachiopod
UNB-2020-0150Fossils » 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. Thin costae (0.05 cm) and faint growth lines. Prominent, thin sulcus (0.5 cm). Anterior margin is convex.
*Collected in August, 1958.
Specifications
| Object name | Brachiopod |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2020-0150 |
| 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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Map of Origin
Publications
- J. W. Dalman. 1828. Uppställning och Beskrifning af de i Sverige funne Terebratuliter. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademien Handlingar for År 1827:85-155