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Discipline:
Paleobiology  Search this
Region:
US Northeast (NY, CT, RI, MA, VT, NH, ME)  Search this
Object Type:
Education and Outreach collections
Collecting Locality:
North America, United States, New York, Erie County
Description:
This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
Geologic Age:
Paleozoic - Devonian - Middle
Notes:
This specimen is a Trilobite. Trilobites are the earliest known arthropod, appearing in the fossil record 521 million years ago. These marine creatures roamed the oceans for 270 million years in abundance and are a common find for fossil hunters. Trilobites disappeared 252 million years ago, during the Permian-Triassic Extinction Event, the largest mass extinction that ended approximately 57% of all families and 83% of genera. This specimen is a Phacops rana rana, a trilobite from the middle Denovian period (393.3 to 382.7 million years ago).
Number of objects in this record:
6
Record Last Modified:
19 Oct 2023
Stratigraphy:
Windam Shale
Topic:
Education & Outreach  Search this
Taxonomy:
Animalia, Arthropoda, Mandibulata, Trilobita, Phacopida, Phacopidae
Scientific Name:
Phacops rana rana
USNM Number:
EO50651
See more items in:
Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/33ca69355-8ab4-45a2-9096-bc70683d0f38
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnheducation_10020194