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Ancyrodella

Classification

    Phylum:  
Conodonta
    Class:  
Conodonta
    Order:  
Conodontophorida
    Superfamily:  
Polygnathacea
    Family:  
Polygnathidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Ancyrodella Ulrich & BASSLER, 1926, p. 48
    Type Species:  
A. nodosa, OD


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Fossil Image
Fig. 111, 2. A. rotundiloba alata Glenister & Klapper, U.Dev. (L. Mesotaxis asymmetrica Z., Snyder Creek Sh.), USA (Mo.), Pa element, upper view, X27 (Klapper, n).


Synonyms

Ancyropenta


Geographic Distribution

Eu.-N.Afr.-Asia-N.Am.-Australia


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Dev. (Frasn.)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Frasnian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
378.9
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Dev. (Frasn.)
    Ending International Stage:  
Frasnian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
371.1


Description

Pa element modified stelliplanate with posterior lobe and two anteriorly directed lobes, Sa element alate with denticulate posterior process. [Reconstruction: KLAPPER & PHILIP, 1972.]




References

Ulrich, E. O., , & Bassler, R. S., 1926, A classification of the toothlike fossils, conodonts, with descriptions of American Devonian and Mississippian species: U.S. Nat. Mus. Proc., v. 68, art. 12, 63 p., 5 text-fig., 11 pl .


Museum or Author Information

Klapper, n