Earth Science Digital Image Library - Mucrospirifer
Earth Science Digital Image Library - Mucrospirifer
Grade Levels
3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 7th Grade
Course, Subject
Related Academic Standards
Topic
Geologic History
Description
Brachiopods such as Mucrospirifer (geologic range – Middle to Upper Devonian) belong to the order called Spiriferida. The species Mucrosprifer mucronatus is utilized as an index fossil for the Devonian Period. Useful index fossils would have been abundant, with a wide geographic distribution, and a relatively short range through geologic time.
Location
Author’s collection – brachiopod (Devonian Period, Ontario Canada).
Credits
With support from the Center for Applied Technologies in Education, The Earth Science Digital Library is an initiative authored by Russell Agostaro, Newburgh Enlarged City School District, Newburgh, New York.
Description
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