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Distacodus
Classification
Phylum:
Conodonta
Class:
Conodonta
Order:
Conodontophorida
Superfamily:
Distacodontacea
Family:
Drepanoistodontidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Distacodus HINDE, 1879, p. 357
Type Species:
*Machairodus incurvus Pander, 1856, SD MILLER, 1889, p. 313
Images
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Fig. 92, 1. *D. incurvus (Pander), Eu. (Baltic), la, b, lat. views, lc, cross section of cusp, magnification unknown (Pander, 1856).
Synonyms
Machairodia
Geographic Distribution
Eu. (Est.)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Ord. (Arenig.)
Beginning International Stage:
Floian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
477.08
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Ord. (Arenig.)
Ending International Stage:
Floian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
471.26
Description
elements of type species slender, nongeniculate, coniform, bilaterally symmetrical, with sharp anterior and posterior margins and prominent longitudinal carina on each side of cusp. [No additional specimens of D. incurvus have been reported from Estonia or elsewhere since PANDER'S time and the species is poorly known.]
References
Hinde, G. J., 1879, On conodonts from the Chazy and Cincinnati group of the Cambro-Silurian, and from the Hamilton and Genesee-shale divisions of the Devonian in Canada and the United States: Q.J. Geol. Soc. London, v. 35, p. 351369, pl. 15-17.
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Conodonta
Class:
Conodonta
Order:
Conodontophorida
Superfamily:
Distacodontacea
Family:
Drepanoistodontidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Distacodus HINDE, 1879, p. 357
Type Species:
*Machairodus incurvus Pander, 1856, SD MILLER, 1889, p. 313
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 92, 1. *D. incurvus (Pander), Eu. (Baltic), la, b, lat. views, lc, cross section of cusp, magnification unknown (Pander, 1856).
Synonyms
Machairodia
Geographic Distribution
Eu. (Est.)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Ord. (Arenig.)
Beginning International Stage:
Floian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
477.08
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Ord. (Arenig.)
Ending International Stage:
Floian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
471.26
Description
elements of type species slender, nongeniculate, coniform, bilaterally symmetrical, with sharp anterior and posterior margins and prominent longitudinal carina on each side of cusp. [No additional specimens of D. incurvus have been reported from Estonia or elsewhere since PANDER'S time and the species is poorly known.]
References
Hinde, G. J., 1879, On conodonts from the Chazy and Cincinnati group of the Cambro-Silurian, and from the Hamilton and Genesee-shale divisions of the Devonian in Canada and the United States: Q.J. Geol. Soc. London, v. 35, p. 351369, pl. 15-17.