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Oulodus novoexcavatus

Conodonta - Conodontophorida

Taxonomy

Ligonodina novoexcavata was named by Jeppsson (1972). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Oulodus novoexcavatus by Sweet and Schönlaub (1975).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

O. aclys, O. confluens, O. cristagalli, O. detorta, O. elegans, O. elegans, O. equirectis, O. fluegeli, O. greilingi, O. hirpex, O. murrindalensis, O. panamarensis, O. petila, O. petilus, O. planus, O. primus, O. restrictus, O. rhoneri, O. robustus, O. rohneri, O. serratus, O. sigmoideus, O. sigmoldeus, O. spica, O. spicula, O. tenuistriata, O. ulrichi, O. undulata, O. undulatus, O. velicuspis, O. ziegleri

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1972	Ligonodina novoexcavata Jeppsson
1975	Oulodus novoexcavatus Sweet and Schönlaub

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Cyclostomata	Richards

Rank	Name	Author
order	Conodontophorida
class	Conodonta	Pander 1856
order	Prioniodontida	(Dzik 1976)
suborder	Prioniodinina	Sweet 1988
genus	Oulodus
species	novoexcavatus	()

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.

†Oulodus novoexcavatus Jeppsson 1972

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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 04:00:46

Source: c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Carroll 1988, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Ludfordian or 425.00000 to 422.70000 Ma

Collections (38 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Ludfordian	425.0 - 422.7	Sweden (Gotland)	Oulodus novoexcavatus (200153 200154 200155 200156 200159 200161 200166 200168 200180 200198 200204 200207 200234 203804 203805 203807 203809 203810 203811 203812 203813 203814 203816 203819)
Ludfordian - Pridoli	425.0 - 419.62	Sweden (Gotland)	Oulodus novoexcavatus (200162 200163 200165 200196 200199 200215 200224 200225 200226 200227 200229 200230 200241 200451)