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Gondolella

Classification

    Phylum:  
Conodonta
    Class:  
Conodonta
    Order:  
Conodontophorida
    Superfamily:  
Gondolellacea
    Family:  
Gondolellidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Gondolella Stauffer & PLUMMER, 1932, p. 41
    Type Species:  
Gondolella Stauffer & PLUMMER, 1932, p. 41


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FIG. 100,1. G. curvata STAUFFER & PLUMMER, M.Penn.(Labette Sh.), USA (akla.) ; la, apparatus based on natural assemblage, X 15; 1b ,e, upper and lower views of Pa elements, X25, X60 (Rhodes & Austin, n).


Synonyms

llinelia


Geographic Distribution

N.Am.; U.Carb.-L.Perm., W.Eu.-Afr.-Austealia-Asia M.-N.Z


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
M.Penn.(Atokan )
    Beginning International Stage:  
Moscovian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
315.15
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
L. Perm.
    Ending International Stage:  
Kungurian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
274.37


Description

Apparatus probably at least trimembrate; septimembrate according to VON BITTER (1976a). Pa element segminiplanate, pectiniform. Free blade absent; long narrow gondola-shaped platform along entire axis; prominent reclined cusp terminal or near posterior termination; platform absent in some, when platform present, carina distinct with denticles at anterior; grooves and transverse ridges on platform; keel and basal pit prominent on lower side.




References

Stauffer, C. R., , & Plummer, H. J., 1932, Texas Pennsylvanian conodonts and their stratigraphic relations: Univ. Texas Bull. 3201, p. 13-50, pl. 1-4.


Museum or Author Information

Rhodes & Austin, n