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Ligonodina

Classification

    Phylum:  
Conodonta
    Class:  
Conodonta
    Order:  
Conodontophorida
    Superfamily:  
Conodontophorida - SuperFamily Unknown
    Family:  
SuperFamily Unknown - Family Unknown
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Ligonodina BASSLER, 1925, p. 218
    Type Species:  
L. pectinata, OD


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Fig. 119, 6. *L. pectinata, lectotype, Rhinestreet Sh., USA (N.Y.), Sc element, lat. view, X20 (Huddle, 1968).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

N.Am. (N.Y.)


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Dev. (Frasn.)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Frasnian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
378.9
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Dev. (Frasn.)
    Ending International Stage:  
Frasnian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
371.1


Description

Sc element bipennate, with anterolateral process and its denticles flexed posteriorly, denticles discrete.




References

Bassler, R. S., 1925, Classification and stratigraphic use of the conodonts: Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., v. 36, p. 218-220.


Museum or Author Information

Huddle, 1968