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Mestognathus
Classification
Phylum:
Conodonta
Class:
Conodonta
Order:
Conodontophorida
Superfamily:
Conodontophorida - SuperFamily Unknown
Family:
Mestognathidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Mestognathus BISCHOFF, 1957, p. 36
Type Species:
M. beckmanni, OD
Images
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Fig. 117, 3. *M. beckmanni, (Dinant.), Eu. (Wales), 3a-c, lat., upper, and lower views, X245 (Rhodes, Austin, & Druce, 1969).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
N.Am. (Can.), Eu.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Miss. (Visean)
Beginning International Stage:
Visean
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
346.73
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Penn. (Namur.)
Ending International Stage:
Bashkirian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
48.4
Ending Date:
319.4
Description
Pectiniform element planate, short free blade on lateral margin, highest at posterior, carina present and distinct in most specimens, transverse ridges on posterior platform, small basal pit and groove on lower surface. [The element resembles the pectiniform Pa element of Cavusgnathus, but the small basal cavity is distinctive.]
References
Bischoff, Günther, 1957, Die Conodonten-Stratigraphie des rheno-herzynischen Unterkarbons mit Berücksichtigung der Wocklumeria-Stufe und der Devon/Karbon-Grenze: Abh. Hess. Landesamtes Bodenforsch., no. 19, p. 1-64, pl. 1-6.
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Classification
Phylum:
Conodonta
Class:
Conodonta
Order:
Conodontophorida
Superfamily:
Conodontophorida - SuperFamily Unknown
Family:
Mestognathidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Mestognathus BISCHOFF, 1957, p. 36
Type Species:
M. beckmanni, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 117, 3. *M. beckmanni, (Dinant.), Eu. (Wales), 3a-c, lat., upper, and lower views, X245 (Rhodes, Austin, & Druce, 1969).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
N.Am. (Can.), Eu.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Miss. (Visean)
Beginning International Stage:
Visean
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
346.73
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Penn. (Namur.)
Ending International Stage:
Bashkirian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
48.4
Ending Date:
319.4
Description
Pectiniform element planate, short free blade on lateral margin, highest at posterior, carina present and distinct in most specimens, transverse ridges on posterior platform, small basal pit and groove on lower surface. [The element resembles the pectiniform Pa element of Cavusgnathus, but the small basal cavity is distinctive.]
References
Bischoff, Günther, 1957, Die Conodonten-Stratigraphie des rheno-herzynischen Unterkarbons mit Berücksichtigung der Wocklumeria-Stufe und der Devon/Karbon-Grenze: Abh. Hess. Landesamtes Bodenforsch., no. 19, p. 1-64, pl. 1-6.