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Gamachignathus

Conodonta - Ozarkodinida

Taxonomy
Gamachignathus is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Pterospathodontidae by Dzik (1991); to Conodontophorida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Ozarkodinida by Donoghue et al. (2008).

Species lacking formal opinion data
G. ensifer

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Gamachignathus Dzik p. 313
2002Gamachignathus Sepkoski
2008Gamachignathus Donoghue et al. p. 138

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
RankNameAuthor
subphylumConodontophorida()
classConodontaPander 1856
orderOzarkodinidaDzik 1976
genusGamachignathus

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatitec
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
Reference: Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Ashgill to the top of the Richmondian or 449.50000 to 445.50000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Edenian - Richmondian451.0 - 445.5USA (Nevada) G. ensifer (10641)
Maysvillian - Richmondian450.2 - 445.5USA (Nevada) G. ensifer (10667 10668)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Québec) G. ensifer, G. hastatus (24569)
Ashgill - Cautleyan449.5 - 448.8Canada (Québec) G. ensifer (24863)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7Canada (Québec) G. ensifer (24972) G. ensifer, G. hastatus (24571 24572 24573 24574 24575) G. sp. (24841) G. sp., G. ensifer (24848)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7Russian Federation G. ensifer (142463)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7Canada (British Columbia) G. ensifer (178094)
Ashgill - Llandovery449.5 - 433.4Canada (Québec) G. ensifer (24454 24504 24505)
Porkuni445.6 - 443.7Sweden (southern Gotland) G. sp. (183653)