Wurmiella excavata Branson and Mehl 1933 (conodont)

Conodonta - Ozarkodinida - Spathognathodontodae

Alternative combination: Ozarkodina excavata

Synonyms: Neoprioniodus excavatus Branson and Mehl 1933, Ozarkodina inclinata Rhodes 1953, Prioniodella inclinata Rhodes 1953, Spathognathodus inclinatus Branson and Mehl 1933

Full reference: E. B. Branson and M. G. Mehl. 1933. Conodonts from the Bainbridge (Silurian) of Missouri. University of Missouri Studies 8:39-52

Belongs to Wurmiella according to C. Corradini and M. G. Corriga 2010

See also Cooper 1976, Rhodes 1953 and Simpson and Talent 1995

Sister taxa: Wurmiella hamata, Wurmiella inflata, Wurmiella polinclinata

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Devonian to Triassic of Greece (1 collection)

• Devonian of Australia (47), Austria (59), Bulgaria (4), the Czech Republic (8), Greece (2), Italy (25), Mongolia (1), Morocco (5), Spain (1), Thailand (1), United States (39: Alaska, Nevada)

• Silurian to Devonian of Australia (29), Italy (1), Thailand (1)

• Silurian of Argentina (1), Australia (81), Austria (44), Bulgaria (7), Canada (40: British Columbia, Cornwallis Island, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Québec, Yukon Territory), China (2), the Czech Republic (49), Estonia (85), Germany (9), Greece (3), Greenland (22), Ireland (1), Italy (57), Lithuania (92), Mongolia (1), Morocco (1), Poland (35), the Russian Federation (6), Spain (1), Sweden (224), Ukraine (10), the United Kingdom (165), United States (333: Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia, Wisconsin), Uzbekistan (2), Western Sahara (1)

• Niagaran of Canada (2: Québec)

• Ordovician to Devonian of Canada (9: Nunavut)

• Ordovician to Silurian of Canada (2: Nunavut)

• Ordovician of Greenland (6)

Total: 1515 collections including 1532 occurrences

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