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  • Constellaria sp.

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    By Kane

    Taxonomy

    Constellaria sp.

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Bryozoa
    Class: Stenolaemata
    Order: Cystoporida
    Family: Constelleriidae
    Genus: Constellaria
    Species: Constellaria sp.

    Geological Time Scale

    Eon: Phanerozoic
    Era: Paleozoic
    Period: Ordovician
    Sub Period: None
    Epoch: Middle
    International Age: Katian

    Stratigraphy

    Simcoe Group
    Verulam Formation
    upper member

    Provenance

    Collector: Kane Faucher
    Date Collected: 06/11/2017
    Acquired by: Field Collection

    Dimensions

    Length: 56 mm

    Location

    JD Quarry
    Simcoe County
    Ontario
    Canada

    Comments

    Specimen from the upper member of the Verulam Fm. Measures 56 mm at widest extent of the colony. Stellate maculae clustered more closely together than C. florida and more akin in appearance to C. fischeri.

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    Specimen is currently not described in this formation, to the best of this collector's knowledge, although other specimens have been collected from this location in the past.

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    jlauriajr

    very nice

    we have a different species here in Tennessee, Constellaria florida

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    Kane

    Very nice! I had actually seen some other examples of C. florida online, with one helpful site distinguishing some species differences by the spacing of the monticules as well as whether they had brachiation or not.

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