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Conodiscus

Lingulata - Lingulida - Acrothelidae

Taxonomy
Conodiscus was named by Ulrich and Cooper (1936) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm u Sepkoski's reference number: 1,538]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Conodiscinae.

It was assigned to Conodiscinae by Williams et al. (2000); and to Acrotretida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by L. van den Hoek Ostende on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Conodiscus Ulrich and Cooper
2000Conodiscus Williams et al. p. 94
2002Conodiscus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumLinguliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classLingulataGorjansky and Popov 1985
orderLingulidaWaagen 1885
superfamilyAcrotheloidea
familyAcrothelidaeSchuchert 1893
subfamilyConodiscinaeRowell 1965
genusConodiscusUlrich and Cooper 1936

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. †Conodiscus Ulrich and Cooper 1936
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphatico
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10f
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10f
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-11 14:28:04
Modified: 2009-10-11 12:15:34
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Trempealeauan to the top of the Dapingian or 490.20000 to 469.40000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85USA (Nevada) C. burlingi (233789)
Floian477.1 - 471.3China (Hubei) C. sp. (186121)
Dapingian471.3 - 469.4China (Hubei) C. sp. (186122)