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  • Articulate Brachiopod

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    DPS Ammonite

    By DPS Ammonite

    Taxonomy

    Articulate Brachiopod

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Brachiopoda
    Class: Strophomenata
    Order: Orthotetida
    Family: Derbyiidae
    Genus: Derbyia
    Species: Derbyia crassa
    Author Citation Meek and Hayden 1858

    Geological Time Scale

    Eon: Phanerozoic
    Era: Paleozoic
    Period: Carboniferous
    Sub Period: None
    Epoch: Late
    International Age: Desmoinian

    Stratigraphy

    Naco Formation

    Provenance

    Collector: me
    Acquired by: Field Collection

    Dimensions

    Length: 22 mm
    Width: 23 mm

    Location

    Canyon Creek
    Gila County
    Arizona
    United States

    Comments

    This is a common brachiopod found in the Naco Formation Limestone that crops out below the Mogollon Rim  in central Arizona. 

    Go to fossils Brachiopods

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    Tidgy's Dad

    Tidgy's Dad

    Posted

    Maybe common, but very well preserved and beautiful. 

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