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Streptognathodus

Classification

    Phylum:  
Conodonta
    Class:  
Conodonta
    Order:  
Conodontophorida
    Superfamily:  
Polygnathacea
    Family:  
Idiognathodontidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Streptognathodus Stauffer & PLUMMER, 1932, p. 47
    Type Species:  
S. excellus, OD


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Fig. 109, 4. S. antiquis (Stauffer & Plummer), U. Penn., USA (Kans.), Pa element, upper view, X52 (von Bitter, 1972)


Synonyms

Scottognathus


Geographic Distribution

N. Am.-Eu.-Afr.-Australia-N. Z.


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
L.Penn.L. Perm.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Bashkirian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
323.4
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
L.Penn.L. Perm.
    Ending International Stage:  
Kungurian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
274.37


Description

Apparatus either sexi- or septimembrate, Pa element scaphate, Pb angulate, M dolabrate, Sa alate, Sb bipennate, Sc bipennate, Pa element with long free blade, platform with median trough and transverse ridges. [Median trough distinguishes Streptognathodus from Idiognathodus.]




References

Stauffer, C. R., , & Plummer, H. J., 1932, Texas Pennsylvanian conodonts and their stratigraphic relations: Univ. Texas Bull. 3201, p. 13-50, pl. 1-4.


Museum or Author Information

von Bitter, 1972