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Brachiopod: Leptaena rhomboidalis Wilckins
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Brachiopod: Leptaena rhomboidalis Wilckins. Devonian. Jacquet River, New Brunswick. Collector: R.F. Miller, c. 2009. New Brunswick Museum (NBMG 15155). Specimen width 2.5 cm. 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.
