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Geniculatus

Classification

    Phylum:  
Conodonta
    Class:  
Conodonta
    Order:  
Conodontophorida
    Superfamily:  
Conodontophorida - SuperFamily Unknown
    Family:  
SuperFamily Unknown - Family Unknown
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Geniculatus HASS, 1953, p. 77
    Type Species:  
Polygnathus? claviger ROUNDY, 1926, OD


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Fig. 122, 9. *Geniculatus claviger (Roundy), Barnett F., USA (Texas), upper view, X21 (Hass, 1953).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

N.Am.-Asia M.-Eu.


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Miss. (up.Dinant.)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Visean
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
346.73
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Miss. (up.Dinant.)
    Ending International Stage:  
Visean
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
330.34


Description

Apparatus unknown. Pectiniform element anguliplanate; geniculate, asymmetrical, broadest at vertex where cusp and basal cavity located; with a few large, medial, distinct denticles; keel along midline of under side.




References



Museum or Author Information

Hass, 1953