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Ancoradella

Classification

    Phylum:  
Conodonta
    Class:  
Conodonta
    Order:  
Conodontophorida
    Superfamily:  
Polygnathacea
    Family:  
Kockelellidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Ancoradella WALLISER, 1964, p. 28
    Type Species:  
A. ploeckensis, OD


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Fossil Image
Fig. 106, 1a, b. *A. ploeckensis, holotype, A. ploeckensis Z., Eu. (Aus., Carnic Alps), 1a, b, Pa element, upper and lower views, × 27 (Walliser, 1964)


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

Europe, North America, Australia


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Sil. (Ludlov.)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Gorstian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
426.74
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Sil. (Ludlov.)
    Ending International Stage:  
Ludfordian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
422.73


Description

Pa element modified stelliplanate, resembling that of late species of Kockelella with well-developed lateral processes, but unit not scaphate. [Only the Pa element is recognized.]




References



Museum or Author Information

Walliser, 1964