Specimen #1
Pedicle valve
Specimen #2
Brachial valve
Compare this species to others from Germany, A. tumida and A. amanshauseri or here in N. America, A. spiriferoides from New York.
Monday, March 23, 2015
Athyris concentrica brachiopod from Eifel, Germany
I have yet another species of Athyris from Germany which makes three compared to the single species that I find here in New York and Pennsylvania. Athyris concentrica comes from the Devonian, Eifelian stage, aged Junkerberg formation, near Gondelsheim, Eifel, Germany. The shell is generally round with a shallow sulcus and narrow concentric growth lines decorating the surface. This species looks very similar to A. vittata from Michigan.
Specimen #1
Pedicle valve
Anterior
Brachial valve
Posterior
Profile
Specimen #2
Brachial valve
Anterior
Pedicle valve
Posterior
Profile
Compare this species to others from Germany, A. tumida and A. amanshauseri or here in N. America, A. spiriferoides from New York.
Specimen #1
Pedicle valve
Specimen #2
Brachial valve
Compare this species to others from Germany, A. tumida and A. amanshauseri or here in N. America, A. spiriferoides from New York.
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