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Icriodus

Classification

    Phylum:  
Conodonta
    Class:  
Conodonta
    Order:  
Conodontophorida
    Superfamily:  
Prioniodontacea
    Family:  
Icriodontidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Icriodus Branson & MEHL, 1938, p. 159
    Type Species:  
I. expansus, OD


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Fossil Image
Fig. 74, 4a, b. *I. expansis, disputed M.Dev.-U.Dev. boundary interval (Schmidtognathus hermanni-Polygnathus cristatus Z., Rapid Mbr., Cedar Valley Ls.), USA (Iowa), Pa element, upper and lower views, X37 (Klapper, n), Fig. 74, 4 c-e. I. steinachensis Al-Rawi, L.Dev. (McMonnigal Ls.), USA (Nev.), 4c, Pa element, upper view, 4 d, e, Pb} element, inner lat. and outer lat. views, X37 (Klapper & Philip, 1971)


Synonyms

Acodina; Latericriodus; Caudicriodus; Praelatericriodus


Geographic Distribution

Eu.-N. Afr.-Asia-N. Am.-Aus-tralia


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Sil.(Pridol.)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Pridoli
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
422.73
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Dev. (Famenn.)
    Ending International Stage:  
Famennian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
359.3


Description

Main process of P a element characteristically consisting of three longitudinal rows of nodes but including forms with transverse ridges, denticulate lateral processes developed near posterior end in some. P b element nongeniculate, laterally compressed coniform element with sharp anterior and posterior keels. S elements relatively smooth, simple cones of circular to elliptical cross section. [Reconstruction: KLAPPER & PHILIP, 1971; modified herein.]




References



Museum or Author Information

Klapper & Philip, 1971