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Pandorinellina

Classification

    Phylum:  
Conodonta
    Class:  
Conodonta
    Order:  
Conodontophorida
    Superfamily:  
Polygnathacea
    Family:  
Polygnathidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Pandorinellina Müller & MÜLLER, 1957, p. 1082
    Type Species:  
Pandorina insita STAUFFER, 1940, p. 429, OD


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Fossil Image
Fig. 110, 1. *P. insita (Stauffer), U.Dev. (P. insita Fauna, State Quarry Ls.), USA (Iowa), la, Pa element, lat. view, 1b, P b element, lat. view, 1c, M element, lat. view, 1d, Sa element, post. view, 1e, Sc element, lat. view, 1f, Sb element, lat. view, all X40 (Klapper & Philip, 1971).


Synonyms

Criteriognathus


Geographic Distribution

Eu.-N.Afr.-Asia-N.Am.-Australia


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Dev.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Lochkovian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
419
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Dev.
    Ending International Stage:  
Famennian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
359.3


Description

Pa element carminate, Sa element alate with denticulate posterior process. [Reconstruction: KLAPPER & PHILIP, 1972.]




References

Müller, K. J., , & Andres, D., , & Clark, D. L., , & Mosher, L. C., , & Müller, E. M., 1957, Early Upper Devonian (Independence) conodonts from lowa, Part 1: J. Paleontol., v. 31, p. 1069-1108, 8 text-fig., pl. 135-142.


Museum or Author Information

Klapper & Philip, 1971