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Coelocerodontus
Classification
Phylum:
Conodonta
Class:
Conodonta
Order:
Conodontophorida
Superfamily:
Panderodontacea
Family:
Belodellidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Coelocerodontus ETHINGTON, 1959a, p. 273
Type Species:
C. trigonius, OD
Images
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FIG. 89,3. *C. trigonius, Galena Gr., USA (Iowa); 3a,b, post. and post.-lat. views, X48 (Ethington, 1959a).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
N.Am.Eu
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 unknown but may be bimembrate in type species, including elements with triangular or tetragonal cross section, recurved cusp, keeled edges and basal cavity extending to tip of element.
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:
Belodellidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Coelocerodontus ETHINGTON, 1959a, p. 273
Type Species:
C. trigonius, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
FIG. 89,3. *C. trigonius, Galena Gr., USA (Iowa); 3a,b, post. and post.-lat. views, X48 (Ethington, 1959a).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
N.Am.Eu
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 unknown but may be bimembrate in type species, including elements with triangular or tetragonal cross section, recurved cusp, keeled edges and basal cavity extending to tip of element.
References
Ethington, R. L., 1959a, Conodonts of the Ordovician Galena formation: J. Paleontol., v. 33, p. 257-292, 2 text-fig., pl. 39-41.