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Scabbardella

Conodonta - Conodontophorida - Strachanognathidae

Taxonomy
Scabbardella was named by Orchard (1980) [Sepkoski's age data: O Cara-l O Ashg-m Sepkoski's reference number: 800]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Protopanderodontidae by Sweet (1988); to Strachanognathidae by Dzik (1994); and to Conodontophorida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
S. altipes

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Scabbardella Orchard
1988Scabbardella Sweet p. 185
1994Scabbardella Dzik p. 64
2002Scabbardella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassCyclostomataRichards
orderConodontophorida
classConodontaPander 1856
orderPrioniodontida(Dzik 1976)
familyStrachanognathidaeBergstrom 1981
genusScabbardellaOrchard 1980

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. †Scabbardella Orchard 1980
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†Scabbardella altipes Hennigsmoen 1948
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. Dzik 1994Apparatus composed of flattened, smooth elements with an elongated triangular outline of the basal part and showing an almost continuous variability in shape within single symmetry transition series; all the elements being asymmetric. The ne elements differ from the remining ones only in their more triangul ar lateral outline . They bear the panderodont furrow, which occurs also in some other element types.
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: Carroll 1988, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Llandeilian to the top of the Hirnantian or 461.10000 to 443.10000 Ma

Collections (102 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2China (Guizhou) S. altipes (222778)
Early/Lower Llandeilo461.1 - 458.2China (Hubei) S. sp. (4711)
Llandeilian461.1 - 458.2Malaysia Drepanodus altipes (181682)
Middle Llandeilo - Late/Upper Llandeilo461.1 - 458.2China (Hubei) S. sp. (4710)
Costonian - Harnagian458.2 - 457.2China (Hubei) S. sp. (4708)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.2 - 454.0China (Hubei) S. sp. (4691)
Sandbian458.2 - 452.8Norway S. altipes (203617)
Sandbian458.2 - 452.8China (Inner Mongolia) S. altipes (222720 222721 222722 222723 222724)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5Sweden (Vestergotland) Drepanodus altipes (76077)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5Thailand S. altipes (142392 142393 142394 142395 142396 142397 142398 142399 142400 142402 142403)
Sandbian - Katian458.2 - 445.2Malaysia Drepanodus altipes (181684)
Sandbian - Katian458.2 - 445.2China (Guizhou) S. altipes (222780)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.2 - 443.1Austria S. altipes (187796 187797)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.2 - 443.1Canada (Northwest Territories) S. altipes (180215 180219 180240 180242 180244) S. n. sp. A, S. altipes (180222) S. sp. A, S. altipes (180217 180220 180221 180234)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.2 - 443.1Malaysia S. altipes (186204 186205 186206 186207 186208 186210 186211 186212 186213 186214 186215 186216 186217 186218 186219)
Actonian - Onnian454.0 - 449.5China (Hubei) S. sp. (4690)
Katian452.8 - 445.2China (Guizhou) S. altipes (222781 222782 222783 222784 222785 222786 222787)
Edenian - Richmondian451.0 - 445.5USA (Nevada) S. altipes (10641)
Maysvillian - Richmondian450.2 - 445.5USA (Nevada) S. altipes (10667 10668)
Kralodvorian450.1 - 445.2Italy (Sardinia) S. altipes (192914)
Kralodvorian450.1 - 445.2Czechia (Praha) S. altipes (173725 173726)
Kralodvorian450.1 - 445.2Czechia S. altipes (173763)
Vormsi449.9 - 449.5Denmark (Bornholm) S. altipes (184780)
Vormsi - Porkuni449.9 - 443.1Poland (Sandomierz) S. sp. (212365 212366 212367 212400 212401 212402 212403 212404 212405 212406 212407 212408 212409 212410 212411 212412 212417 212424)
Pusgillian449.5 - 449.2China (Hubei) S. sp. (4689)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Sweden S. altipes (159344)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Sweden (Dalarne) S. altipes (173712 173716 173717 173718 173723 173724)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1Russian Federation S. altipes (142463)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1Austria S. altipes (231709 231710 231711)
Cautleyan449.2 - 448.8Ireland (Leinster) S. altipes (89130)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.1Germany S. altipes (210975)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.1Spain (Málaga) S. sp., S. altipes (212332)