Receptaculites

  • PP 20830 Label
    Photographer: Mane Pritza : Field Museum of Natural History - Geology
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: 2019 IMLS Ordovician Digitization Project. Receptaculites label
  • PP 20830 acu
    Photographer: Mane Pritza : Field Museum of Natural History - Geology
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: 2019 IMLS Ordovician Digitization Project. Receptaculites fossil
  • PP 20830 acu1
    Photographer: Mane Pritza : Field Museum of Natural History - Geology
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: 2019 IMLS Ordovician Digitization Project. Receptaculites fossil
  • PP 20830 an
    Photographer: Mane Pritza : Field Museum of Natural History - Geology
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: 2019 IMLS Ordovician Digitization Project. Receptaculites fossil
Catalog Number: PP 20830
Taxonomic Name: Receptaculites
FM Catalog: Paleobotany
Phylum: Chlorophyta
Order: Receptaculitales
Identified By: Dr. Matthew H. Nitecki
Period: Ordovician
Formation: Benbolt-Hogskin
Lithology: Shaley-tan limestone
Coordinates Available?: No
Country: United States of America
State/Province/Territory: Tennessee
County: Grainger
Township: Washburn
EMu IRN: 2260569
Occurrence ID: e888a0b6-1509-493e-a3da-4f5e87f7c8d5

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