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Paltodus
Classification
Phylum:
Conodonta
Class:
Conodonta
Order:
Conodontophorida
Superfamily:
Conodontophorida - SuperFamily Unknown
Family:
SuperFamily Unknown - Family Unknown
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Paltodus PANDER, 1856, p. 24
Type Species:
* P. subaequalis, SD Ulrich & BASSLER, 1926, p. 7
Images
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Fig. 118, 6. *P. subaequalis, L.Ord. (?Pakerort Stage), Eu. (Baltic) 6a,b, lat. views; 6e, anterior view, magnification unknown (Pander, 1856).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Eu.-N.Am.-Australia
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:
L. Ord.
Ending International Stage:
Floian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
471.26
Description
Apparatus apparently bimembrate, including geniculate and nongeniculate lamellar coniform elements, Geniculate elements with anteroposteriorly extended base and reclined cusp, Nongeniculate elements with triangular base and suberect to recurved cusp, cusp costate in some, Basal cavity relatively wide, flaring toward one side, restricted to base. [This interpretation follows LINDSTROM (1971, 1973). Apparatus reconstruction: LINDSTROM, 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
Classification
Phylum:
Conodonta
Class:
Conodonta
Order:
Conodontophorida
Superfamily:
Conodontophorida - SuperFamily Unknown
Family:
SuperFamily Unknown - Family Unknown
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Paltodus PANDER, 1856, p. 24
Type Species:
* P. subaequalis, SD Ulrich & BASSLER, 1926, p. 7
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 118, 6. *P. subaequalis, L.Ord. (?Pakerort Stage), Eu. (Baltic) 6a,b, lat. views; 6e, anterior view, magnification unknown (Pander, 1856).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Eu.-N.Am.-Australia
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:
L. Ord.
Ending International Stage:
Floian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
471.26
Description
Apparatus apparently bimembrate, including geniculate and nongeniculate lamellar coniform elements, Geniculate elements with anteroposteriorly extended base and reclined cusp, Nongeniculate elements with triangular base and suberect to recurved cusp, cusp costate in some, Basal cavity relatively wide, flaring toward one side, restricted to base. [This interpretation follows LINDSTROM (1971, 1973). Apparatus reconstruction: LINDSTROM, 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 .