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Matthew Gramling posted a new specimen in the group What is it? from the myFOSSIL app. 3 years, 10 months ago
3 years, 10 months ago3 years, 10 months agoMatthew Gramling has contributed specimen mFeM 70863 to myFOSSIL!
Matthew Gramling posted a new specimen in the group What is it? from the myFOSSIL app. 3 years, 10 months ago
Matthew Gramling has contributed specimen mFeM 70863 to myFOSSIL!
@jbauer @samantha-ocon @mackenzie-ross-2 Any ideas regarding classification of this specimen? I think that it’s probably a rhynconellid. Any thoughts?
@matthew-gramling – good question… I don’t think it’s a strophomenid, the faint thick ridges suggest that to me… I’m not sure I could assign it to one of the orders in Rhynchonellata because I’m just not familiar enough with them at the moment. I wonder if @nathan-newell has any insight? I’m leaning towards Orthida but it’s mostly a guess based on broad shape & the hinge.
@matthew-gramling @jbauer I think it has an Orthida shape to it too. The overall shape looks kind of similar to this specimen:
Specimen 60550
So, maybe a Rhipidomellidae or something close, like a Dalmanellidae. I think there are Rhynconellids that are similar too, but the “mouth line” of Rhynconellids tends to upturn abruptly near the front.
Thank you greatly for all the assistance @nathan-newell @jbauer @samantha-ocon!!! I will place it under Orthida for the time being. And I do agree with @nathan-newell about the morphological similarities between the two specimens.