Lithium, restudy of conodonts, unit A (Silurian of the United States)

Where: Perry County, Missouri (37.8° N, 89.9° W: paleocoordinates 28.9° S, 53.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Polygnathoides siluricus conodont zone, Bainbridge Formation, Ludfordian (425.6 - 423.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal ramp; lithified, argillaceous lime mudstone

Size class: microfossils

• All abundance data is average number of specimens per kilogram of sample.

Preservation: original phosphate

Collection methods: chemical, acetic, sieve

Primary reference: C. B. Rexroad and W. W. Craig. 1971. Restudy of conodonts from the Bainbridge Formation (Silurian) at Lithium, Missouri. Journal of Paleontology 45(4):684-703 [E. Jarochowska/E. Jarochowska]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 180195: authorized by Emilia Jarochowska, entered by Emilia Jarochowska on 11.07.2016, edited by Paulina Nätscher

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Conodonta
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Trichonodella inconstans Ziegler 1960 conodont
Trichonodella symmetrica Rhodes 1953 conodont
 Prioniodontida - Acodontidae
 Prioniodontida - Strachanognathidae
"Paltodus fragilis" = Decoriconus fragilis
"Paltodus fragilis" = Decoriconus fragilis Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
 Prioniodontida - Prioniodinidae
"Neoprioniodus multiformis" = Idioprioniodus, "? Neoprioniodus latidentatus" = Idioprioniodus
"Neoprioniodus multiformis" = Idioprioniodus conodont
"? Neoprioniodus latidentatus" = Idioprioniodus conodont
 Prioniodontida - Balognathidae
Lonchodina greilingi Walliser 1957 conodont
Synprioniodina bicurvata Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
 Prioniodontida -
"Ligonodina silurica" = Oulodus siluricus, "Ligonodina "sp. A"" = Oulodus, "Ligonodina "new B"" = Oulodus, "Ligonodina "new C"" = Oulodus, "Trichonodella excavata" = Oulodus walliseri
"Ligonodina silurica" = Oulodus siluricus Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
"Ligonodina "sp. A"" = Oulodus Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
"Ligonodina "new B"" = Oulodus Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
"Ligonodina "new C"" = Oulodus Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
"Trichonodella excavata" = Oulodus walliseri Ziegler 1960 conodont
 Ozarkodinida - Kockelellidae
Kockelella variabilis Walliser 1957 conodont
 Ozarkodinida -
"Ozarkodina fundamentata" = Ozarkodina, Ozarkodina media, "Plectospathodus flexuosus" = Ozarkodina, Plectospathodus extensus, "Hindeodella confluens" = Ozarkodina confluens, Spathognathodus primus, Ozarkodina simplex, Ozarkodina typica
"Ozarkodina fundamentata" = Ozarkodina conodont
Ozarkodina media Walliser 1957 conodont
"Plectospathodus flexuosus" = Ozarkodina conodont
Plectospathodus extensus Rhodes 1953 conodont
"Hindeodella confluens" = Ozarkodina confluens Rhodes 1953 conodont
Spathognathodus primus Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
Ozarkodina simplex Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
Ozarkodina typica Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
 Ozarkodinida - Pterospathodontidae
 Ozarkodinida - Spathognathodontodae
"Neoprioniodus excavatus" = Wurmiella excavata
"Neoprioniodus excavatus" = Wurmiella excavata Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
 Protopanderodontida - Protopanderodontidae
 Protopanderodontida - Drepanoistodontidae
Paltodus dyscritus Rexroad 1967 conodont
 Belodellida - Dapsilodontidae
"Distacodus obliquicostatus" = Dapsilodus obliquicostatus, "Acodus inornatus" = Dapsilodus mutatus
"Distacodus obliquicostatus" = Dapsilodus obliquicostatus Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
"Acodus inornatus" = Dapsilodus mutatus Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
 Belodellida - Belodellidae
Belodella sp. Ethington 1959 conodont
Belodella resima Philip 1965 conodont
"Acodus bicostatus" = Walliserodus bicostatus Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
 Panderodontida - Panderodontidae
Panderodus sp. Ethington 1959 conodont
Panderodus unicostatus Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
Panderodus gracilis Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
"Panderodus recurvatus" = Panderodus panderi Stauffer 1940 conodont
  - Distacodidae