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Object Type:
Education and Outreach collections
Collecting Locality:
Creek near the town, North America, United States, Alabama, Wilcox County
Collection Date:
2016
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:
Cenozoic - Paleogene - Paleocene
Notes:
Left side of the outer carapace, or shell, of a fossil adult male ostracod, approximately 0.63 mm long. The fine lines etched across the surface are the results of an organism, like a sponge, damaging the shell after the ostracod died. This species is extinct. Written by Kate Dzikiewicz.