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Brachiopoda

Kuzubukuro

Kuzubukuro, Higashi-matsuyama city, Saitama pref., Japan

Miocene, Neogene, Cenozoic (14 Ma)

Classification

Phylum Brachiopoda

Brachiopoda

Width: 30 mm. Fossil of Brachiopoda recovered from Negishi Formation formed under the marine environment such as continental shelf. It looks like a bivalvia but it fixes its body by a long leg from the back side hole of the shell.

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