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Metadata
Title |
Brachiopod |
Object Name |
Brachiopod Fossil |
Catalog Number |
G-25122 |
Collection |
Geology Permanent Collection |
Source |
William Werthner |
Collector |
Werthner, William B. |
Date |
440 MYA |
Description |
Approximately 20 Brachiopod fossils sembedded in slab of matrix. About half of the specimens show pedicle valve; half show brachial valve. Other fossils on slab include trilobite fragments, part of gastropos shell, pelecypod shell & several Tenaculites. From the late Ordovician period. Brachiopods are marine animals encased in a hard shell. |
Label |
Brachiopods Brachiopods are marine animals that live on the seafloor. They are bivalves, meaning they have soft bodies that are protected by two shells. The shells are hinged so they can open during feeding. During the Ordovician, brachiopods were one of the most common marine animals; there were approximately 30,000 species. Today, they are rare and there are only around 300 different species. All of the brachiopods displayed here were collected in Ohio and lived approximately 460 million year ago. Donated by August Foerste, William B. Werthner, and Dan Magill |
Provenance |
Found by William Werthner in Dayton, Ohio. Unknown Collection date. |