Conodonta - Ozarkodinida - Polygnathidae
Full reference: B. H. Harlton. 1933. Micropaleontology of the Pennsylvanian Johns Valley shale of the Ouachita Mountains, Oklahoma, and its relationship to the Mississippian Caney shale. Journal of Paleontology 7(1):3-29
Belongs to Polygnathus according to B. H. Harlton 1933
Sister taxa: Polygnathus acrinodosus, Polygnathus alatus, Polygnathus amphora, Polygnathus angusticostatus, Polygnathus angustidiscus, Polygnathus angustipennatus, Polygnathus costatus, Polygnathus damelei, Polygnathus decorosa, Polygnathus denisbriceae, Polygnathus dubia, Polygnathus efimovae, Polygnathus hemipennatus, Polygnathus holynensis, Polygnathus housei, Polygnathus ilmenensis, Polygnathus linguiformis, Polygnathus nodocostatus, Polygnathus normalis, Polygnathus parawebbi, Polygnathus pollocki, Polygnathus pseudoeiflius, Polygnathus pseudofoliatus, Polygnathus robertensis, Polygnathus rossicus, Polygnathus salixensis, Polygnathus semicostatus, Polygnathus unicornis, Polygnathus varcus, Polygnathus webbi, Polygnathus xylus
Type specimen: USNM 85530. Its type locality is Johns Valley Shale, Ouachita Mountains loc. 11, which is in a Pennsylvanian marine shale in the Johns Valley Formation of Oklahoma.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Johns Valley Shale, Ouachita Mountains loc. 11
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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