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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 0.69 mm long. In life, ostracodes have two connected shells that they can pull their limbs inside and close against predators. This species is extinct. Written by Kate Dzikiewicz.