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Belodina
Classification
Phylum:
Conodonta
Class:
Conodonta
Order:
Conodontophorida
Superfamily:
Panderodontacea
Family:
Panderodontidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Belodina ETHINGTON, 1959a, p. 271
Type Species:
Belodus grandis Stauffer, 1935b, p. 603, OD, =Belodus compressus Branson & MEHL, 1933b, p. 114
Images
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Fig. 88, 6. *B. compressa (Branson & Mehl), U.Ord. (Galena Gr.), USA (Iowa), 6 a, b, adenticulate elements, lat. views, 6 c, d, denticulate element, lat. views, 6 e, basal cavity of denticulate element, X33 (Bergström & Sweet, 1966).
Synonyms
Belodus grandis; Belodus compressus; Eobelodina; ?Culumbodina
Geographic Distribution
N.Am.-Eu.-Asia (Sib.)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Ord.
Beginning International Stage:
Dapingian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
471.26
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Ord.
Ending International Stage:
Hirnantian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
443.07
Description
Apparatus uni- or multimembrate, elements robust, laterally compressed, basically of coniform type, with expanded base. Some elements with prominent, more or less laterally compressed and confluent denticles on posterior margin of cusp, other elements adenticulate. Some species with geniculate elements. Basal cavity narrow, may be subdivided into two compartments. [Apparatus reconstruction: BERGSTROM & SWEET, 1966; MOSKALENKO, 1972.]
References
Ethington, R. L., 1959a, Conodonts of the Ordovician Galena formation: J. Paleontol., v. 33, p. 257-292, 2 text-fig., pl. 39-41.
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Conodonta
Class:
Conodonta
Order:
Conodontophorida
Superfamily:
Panderodontacea
Family:
Panderodontidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Belodina ETHINGTON, 1959a, p. 271
Type Species:
Belodus grandis Stauffer, 1935b, p. 603, OD, =Belodus compressus Branson & MEHL, 1933b, p. 114
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 88, 6. *B. compressa (Branson & Mehl), U.Ord. (Galena Gr.), USA (Iowa), 6 a, b, adenticulate elements, lat. views, 6 c, d, denticulate element, lat. views, 6 e, basal cavity of denticulate element, X33 (Bergström & Sweet, 1966).
Synonyms
Belodus grandis; Belodus compressus; Eobelodina; ?Culumbodina
Geographic Distribution
N.Am.-Eu.-Asia (Sib.)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Ord.
Beginning International Stage:
Dapingian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
471.26
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Ord.
Ending International Stage:
Hirnantian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
443.07
Description
Apparatus uni- or multimembrate, elements robust, laterally compressed, basically of coniform type, with expanded base. Some elements with prominent, more or less laterally compressed and confluent denticles on posterior margin of cusp, other elements adenticulate. Some species with geniculate elements. Basal cavity narrow, may be subdivided into two compartments. [Apparatus reconstruction: BERGSTROM & SWEET, 1966; MOSKALENKO, 1972.]
References
Ethington, R. L., 1959a, Conodonts of the Ordovician Galena formation: J. Paleontol., v. 33, p. 257-292, 2 text-fig., pl. 39-41.