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  • Articulate Brachiopod

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    DPS Ammonite

    By DPS Ammonite (edited)

    Taxonomy

    Articulate Brachiopod

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Brachiopoda
    Class: Rhynchonellata
    Order: Athyridida
    Family: Athyrididae
    Genus: Composita
    Species: Composita subtilita
    Author Citation Brown, 1849

    Geological Time Scale

    Eon: Phanerozoic
    Era: Paleozoic
    Period: Carboniferous
    Sub Period: None
    Epoch: Late

    Stratigraphy

    Graham Formation
    Finis Shale

    Provenance

    Collector: me
    Acquired by: Field Collection

    Dimensions

    Length: 22 mm
    Width: 20 mm

    Location

    Jacksboro Reservoir Dam spillway
    Jacks County
    Texas
    United States

    Comments

    This is a large specimen of a common brachiopod  with encrusting Serpula sp. collected at the rich Finis Shale site in the spillway of the Jacksboro Reservoir.

    Go to fossils Brachiopods

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