Fossil Information (Phanerozoic Eon)
ID: | 103 |
Fossil Type: | Bryozoa |
Fossil Description: | Heteropora sp. (prehistoric) |
Status: | Extinct |
Relative Size: | Medium |
Class: | Gymnolaemata (Allman, 1856), Stenolaemata |
Order: | Cyclostomatida, Cyclostomata, Cyclostomes |
Family: | Heteroporidae |
Scientific Name (Genus species): | Heteropora sp. |
Era/Period: | Mesozoic/Cretaceous |
Epoch/Age: | Maastrichtian |
MYA: | 67 to 74 |
Discovery Location (Water, Land): | Big Brook |
Discovery Location (City, ST): | Marlboro/Colts Neck, NJ |
Discovery Location (County): | Monmouth |
Deepest Formation: | Mount Laurel / Winona undifferentiated |
Color: | Tan |
Comments: | Petrified bryozoan, home to zooecium/zooecia/zooids, from Triassic to Recent age (late Cretaceous) |
Collector Name: | RLD |
Image Filename 1: | DSCF3838.jpg |
Image Filename 2: | DSCF3839.jpg |