Polygnathacea
Polygnathacea is an extinct superfamily of conodonts.
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10–11. Polygnathus sp. (see caption)
10–14. Conodonts from the basal 20 cm of the Loyalhanna Limestone Member of the Mauch Chunk Formation, Keystone quarry, Pa. (93RS–79a), and Westernport, Md. (93RS–67). Note the highly abraded and reworked aeolian forms. 10. Polygnathus sp., Pa element, upper view, reworked Late Devonian to Early Mississippian morphotype, 93RS–79a, X140. 11. Polygnathus sp., Pa element, upper view, reworked Late Devonian to Early Mississippian morphotype, 93RS–67, X140. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | †Conodonta |
| Clade: | †Prioniodontida |
| Order: | †Ozarkodinida |
| Suborder: | †Ozarkodinina |
| Superfamily: | †Polygnathacea Bassler, 1925[1] |
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Families
Families are,
- †Cavusgnathidae Clark et al., 1981
- †Palmatolepidae Müller, 1956
- †Polygnathidae Bassler, 1925
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References
- Classification and stratigraphic use of the conodonts. RS Bassler - Geological Society of America Bulletin, 1925
- Ontogeny and trophic types of some Tournaisian Polygnathacea (Conodonta). AV Zhuravlev - Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, 1995
- Variation in the outline and distribution of epithelial cell imprints on the surface of polygnathacean conodont elements. AV Zhuravlev - Lethaia, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
- The architecture and function of Carboniferous polygnathacean conodont apparatuses. RJ Aldridge, MP Smith, RD Norby… - Palaeobiology of …, 1987 - Halsted Press
External links
- "Polygnathacea" at the Encyclopedia of Life
- Polygnathacea at fossilworks.org (retrieved 1 May 2016)
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