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Brachiopod: Leptaena rhomboidalis Wilckins
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Brachiopod: Leptaena rhomboidalis Wilckins. Devonian. Dalhousie, New Brunswick. Collector: L. Fyffe, c. 1980. Specimen (left) width 2.5 cm. New Brunswick Museum (NBMG 9802). Brachiopods are marine animals that lived on the ocean bottom. They resemble clams, enclosed in a shell with two valves. Brachiopods are useful fossils for determining the age of rocks.
