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Tropodus sweeti

Conodonta - Conodontophorida - Acodontidae

Taxonomy
Paltodus sweeti was named by Serpagli (1974) ["Paltodus" sweeti].

It was recombined as Tropodus sweeti by Stouge and Bagnoli (1988) and Lehnert (1995).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Paltodus sweeti Serpagli pp. 58 - 59 figs. pI. 14: 13a-14b; pI. 24: 8-10; text-fig. 12
1988Tropodus sweeti Stouge and Bagnoli p. 142 figs. pl. 16: 10-15
1995Tropodus sweeti Lehnert pp. 131 - 132 figs. pI. 3: 17-19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassCyclostomataRichards
RankNameAuthor
orderConodontophorida
classConodontaPander 1856
orderPrioniodontida(Dzik 1976)
familyAcodontidaeDzik 1994
genusTropodusKennedy 1980
speciessweeti(Serpagli 1974)

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.

Tropodus sweeti Serpagli 1974
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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: Aberhan 1992, Carroll 1988

Age range: Blackhillsian or 475.30000 to 471.30000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Ordovician486.85 - 471.3Canada (British Columbia) Tropodus sweeti (177733 177734 177735 177737 177742)
Tulean - Blackhillsian481.7 - 471.3Argentina Tropodus sweeti (204144)
Floian477.1 - 471.3Malaysia (Perlis) Tropodus sweeti (228436)
Blackhillsian475.3 - 471.3Canada (British Columbia) Tropodus sweeti (177738)