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Microzarkodina

Classification

    Phylum:  
Conodonta
    Class:  
Conodonta
    Order:  
Conodontophorida
    Superfamily:  
Prioniodontacea
    Family:  
Cyrtoniodontidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Microzarkodina LINDSTRÖM, 1971, p. 57
    Type Species:  
Prioniodina flabellum LINDSTRÖM, 1955, OD


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Fig. 73, 1. *M. flabellum (Lindström), L.Ord. (low. Arenig.), Eu. (Sweden), 1a, P element, lat. view, 1 b, M element, lat. view, 1 c, digyrate S b element, post.-lat. view, 1d, alate S a element, post. view, le, dolabrate S c element, lat. view, all X70 (Van Wamel, 1974).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

Eu.-N.Am.


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
L.Ord.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Tremadocian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
486.85
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
M.Ord.
    Ending International Stage:  
Darriwilian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
458.18


Description

Apparatus seximembrate, composed of lamellar elements, P elements carminate to segminate, with prominent cusp and relatively few denticles, especially on the short anterior process, M elements geniculate, coniform, with base extended posteriorly, S elements with long, slender cusp, relatively discrete denticles, and shallow basal cavity, Sa elements alate, without posterior process, Sb elements digyrate, Sc elements dolabrate, Sd elements quadriramate, with poorly developed anterior and lateral processes. [Apparatus reconstruction: LINDSTROM, 1971.)




References

Ziegler, Willi, , & Lindström, Maurits, 1971, Über Panderodus Ethington, 1959, und Neopanderodus n. g. (Conodonta) aus dem Devon: Neues Jahrb. Geol. Palacontol. Monatsh., Jahrg. 1971, no. 10, p. 628640, 3 text-fig.


Museum or Author Information

Van Wamel, 1974