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Oistodus

Classification

    Phylum:  
Conodonta
    Class:  
Conodonta
    Order:  
Conodontophorida
    Superfamily:  
Distacodontacea
    Family:  
Oistodontidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Oistodus PANDER, 1856, p. 27
    Type Species:  
O. lanceolatus, SD Ulrich & BASSLER, 1926, p. 7


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Fossil Image
Fig. 96, 3. *O. lanceolatus, L.Ord., Eu. (Sweden), three types of clements forming transition series; 3a,b, lat. views, X56, X35; 3c, post. view, X110 (Van Wamel, 1974).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

Eu.-N.Am.-S.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

Elements hyaline, lateral costae not developed as distinct processes, cusp with one or several lateral costae. Modified alate clement nearly symmetrical. [Apparatus reconstruction: LINOSTROM, 1971.]




References

Pander, C. H., 1856, Monographie der fossilen Fische des silurischen Systems der russischbaltischen Gouvernements: Akad. Wiss., St. Petersburg, 91 p., 1 text-fig., 7 pl .


Museum or Author Information

Van Wamel, 1974