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Spathognathodus

Conodonta - Conodontophorida

Taxonomy
Spathognathodus was named by Branson and Mehl (1941). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Ozarkodina by Clark et al. (1981).

It was assigned to Conodonta by Stepanova (1990).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Spathognathodus Branson and Mehl
1990Spathognathodus Stepanova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
RankNameAuthor
subphylumVertebrata
superclassCyclostomataRichards
orderConodontophorida
classConodontaPander 1856
genusSpathognathodusBranson and Mehl 1941

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Spathognathodus Branson and Mehl 1941
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†Spathognathodus asymmetricus Bischoff and Sannemann 1958
†Spathognathodus dubius Ethington and Furnish 1962
†Spathognathodus fundamentus Walliser 1957
†Spathognathodus optimus Moskalenko 1966
†Spathognathodus transitans Bischoff and Sannemann 1958
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatitec
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-02-03 07:48:42
Modified: 2010-02-12 04:00:46
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Ashgill to the top of the Anisian or 449.50000 to 241.46400 Ma

Collections (129 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sandbian - Katian458.2 - 445.2Russian Federation (Siberia) S. dolboricus (206502 206503)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1Canada (Québec) S. elibatus (24575) S. sp. (24843)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9USA (California) S. sp. A (226056)
Silurian443.1 - 419.62Malaysia S. sp. (181686 181687) S. sp. A, S. sp. B (181688)
Silurian - Devonian443.1 - 358.86Greece (Chios) S. stabilis (222758)
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6Jordan S. sp. (3280)
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6USA (Wisconsin) S. elibatus (180226 180228)
Niagaran439.4 - 422.7USA (Indiana) S. snadjri (22818)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9United Kingdom (England) S. n. sp. A., S. n. sp. B. (184764)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9USA (Utah) S. sp. (185620)
Gorstian426.7 - 425.0Ukraine S. podolicus (23375)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7China (Yunnan) S. crispus (27796) S. sp. (27771)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Canada (Yukon) S. sp. (23078)
Ludlow - Pridoli426.7 - 419.62China (Yunnan) S. eosteinhornensis (27854)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7USA (Missouri) S. eosteinhornensis (181026 181027)
Ludfordian - Pridoli425.0 - 419.62Western Sahara S. dubius (209258 209259 209260 209262) S. fundamentus (209261)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Ukraine S. crisups (23438)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Russian Federation S. interpositus (23640)
Pridoli - Lochkovian422.7 - 413.02Thailand S. wurmi (13991)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Austria S. carinthiacus, S. stygius, S. transitans (13915)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Morocco S. frankenwaldensis, S. transitans, S. asymmetricus (13936)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Czechia S. sp. (13897)
Helderbergian - Emsian419.62 - 393.47Austria S. sp. (26203)
Devonian419.62 - 358.86Canada (Yukon) S. sp. (114987)
Pragian - Emsian413.02 - 393.47Australia (Victoria) S. exiguus (25719)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Italy S. sp. (26246 26249)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Vietnam S. steinhornenis, S. optimus (83252)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47USA (California) S. sp. (225967)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Belgium (Namur) S. bipennatus (152849 152850)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Belgium (Namur) S. bipennatus (152835 152836 152837 152838 152858 152859 152860 152861) S. planus (152852)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Spain S. sp. (27711)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Russian Federation (Orenburgskaya Oblast) S. sannemann (83918)
Late/Upper Devonian - Carboniferous382.31 - 298.9Greece (Chios) S. bidentatus, S. sp. (222756) S. inortatus, S. stabilis (222750) S. stabilis (222753) S. strigosus (222754)
Late/Upper Devonian - Middle Triassic382.31 - 237.0Greece (Chios) S. bidentatus (222759)
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Czechia (Moravia) S. strigosus (3393 3395 3764 3768)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) S. sp. (38643)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86China (Guangxi) S. disparilis (229268)
Middle Famennian368.5 - 365.2China (Guangxi) S. stabilis (12554 12741 12743)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86China (Guangxi) S. crassidentatus (12501) S. sp. (12500) S. stabilis (12548) S. stabilis, S. sp. (12551)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86China (Guizhou) S. planiconvexus, S. strigosus, S. stabilis (234697) S. stabilis (234696) S. stabilis, S. strigosus (218956 218966) S. strigosus, S. planiconvexus, S. stabilis (234698)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Germany (Ostsauerländer) S. costatus, S. aculeatus (217181)
Hastarian358.86 - 353.7China (Guizhou) S. stabilis (218968 218970 218972 218974)
Hastarian358.86 - 353.7China (Guangxi) S. crassidentatus, S. stabilis (12496) S. stabilis (12497)
Hastarian - Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Virginia) S. sp. (6995)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Montana) S. peculiaris, S. sp. (163813)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (California) S. sp. (225989)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Virginia) S. sp. (7037)
Early/Lower Mississippian358.86 - 346.7USA (California) S. anteposicornis (225971)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7China (Guangxi) S. stabilis (12494)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7China (Xinjiang) S. stabilis (58134)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7USA (Missouri) S. pulcher, S. sp. (11853) S. sp. (11219 11854 11855 11905 11906)
Carboniferous - Visean358.86 - 330.3China (Guangxi) S. stabilis (12452)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4USA (Iowa) S. regularis (211320)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4Afghanistan S. spiculus (99508)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4China (Guangxi) S. sp. (12498)
Carboniferous - Triassic358.86 - 201.4Greece (Crete) S. orphanus (222771)
Ivorian353.7 - 346.7United Kingdom (Wales) S. stabilis (5873 5874 5875 5880 5881 5884 5885 5889 5890 5891 5893)
Osagean351.9 - 342.9USA (California) S. sp. (225972 225977 225981)
Osagean351.9 - 342.9USA (Ohio) S. macer (216618)
Osagean - Meramecian351.9 - 335.4USA (California) S. sp. (225973 225988)
Chadian346.7 - 339.9United Kingdom (Wales) S. scitulus (5896 5899 5901 5903 5905 5906)
Brigantian - Pendleian335.9 - 326.9USA (Pennsylvania) S. sp. (2774)
Westphalian A - Westphalian B318.7 - 314.6USA (Arizona) S. coloradoensis (92271)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) S. sp. (49709)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Serbia (Kosovo) S. sp. (44716)
Anisian - Carnian246.7 - 227.3Greece (Chios) S. sp. (222769)