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Siphonodella

Classification

    Phylum:  
Conodonta
    Class:  
Conodonta
    Order:  
Conodontophorida
    Superfamily:  
Polygnathacea
    Family:  
Polygnathidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Siphonodella Branson & MEHL, 1944, p. 245
    Type Species:  
Siphonognathus duplicata Branson & MEHL, 1934b, p. 296, OD


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Fossil Image
Fig. 113, 5. S. crenulata (Cooper), L.Miss. (basal Lodgepole Ls.), USA (Mont.), 5a, b, Pa element, lower and upper views, X27 (Klapper, 1971).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

Eu.-N.Am.-Australia


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Dev. (up.Famenn.)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Famennian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
50
    Beginning Date:  
365.2
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
L.Miss. (Tournais.)
    Ending International Stage:  
Tournaisian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
346.73


Description

Pa element carminiplanate like that of Polygnathus but keel generally absent just posterior of basal pit. [Only Pa element is recognized.]




References



Museum or Author Information

Klapper, 1971