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Parachirognathus

Conodonta - Conodontophorida - Ellisoniidae

Taxonomy
Parachirognathus is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Conodontophorida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Ellisoniidae by Clark et al. (1981), Goudemand (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Parachirognathus Clark et al. p. W154
2002Parachirognathus Sepkoski
2014Parachirognathus Goudemand p. 44

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassCyclostomataRichards
orderConodontophorida
classConodontaPander 1856
orderOzarkodinidaDzik 1976
familyEllisoniidaeClark 1972
genusParachirognathus

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
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-02-03 07:48:42
Modified: 2010-02-12 10:00:46
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Olenekian to the top of the Ladinian or 249.90000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Devonian - Middle Triassic382.31 - 237.0Greece (Chios) P. petraeviridis (222759)
Early/Lower Triassic251.902 - 246.7Serbia (Serbia) P. geiseri, P. etingtoni (44523)
Early/Lower Triassic251.902 - 246.7USA (Nevada) P. ethingtoni, P. geiseri (44229)
Induan - Ladinian251.902 - 237.0Greece (Chios) P. petraeviridis (222766)
Olenekian - Ladinian249.9 - 237.0Greece (Chios) P. petraeviridis (222763)
Anisian - Ladinian246.7 - 237.0Greece (Chios) P. petraeviridis (222765)
Anisian - Carnian246.7 - 227.3Greece P. petrae (222728)
Anisian - Carnian246.7 - 227.3Greece (Hydra) P. petraeviridis (222749)