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Falcodus

Conodonta - Conodontophorida

Taxonomy
Falcodus was named by Huddle (1934).

It was assigned to Conodonta by Ethington and Furnish (1962); and to Elictognathidae by Clark et al. (1981).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Falcodus Huddle
1962Falcodus Ethington and Furnish p. 1266
1981Falcodus Clark et al. p. W170

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
RankNameAuthor
subphylumVertebrata
superclassCyclostomataRichards
orderConodontophorida
classConodontaPander 1856
genusFalcodusHuddle 1934

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. †Falcodus Huddle 1934
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Falcodus secundus Youngquist 1945
Falcodus ultimus Branson and Mehl 1934
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: base of the Late/Upper Frasnian to the top of the Carnian or 375.20000 to 227.30000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Canada (Ontario) Elsonella secunda (40053)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Western Sahara F. secundus (209256) F. secundus, F. ultimus (209257)
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Czechia (Moravia) F. variabilis (3393) F. variablis (3764)
Middle Famennian368.5 - 365.2China (Guangxi) F. sp. (12554)
Hastarian358.86 - 353.7China (Guangxi) F. angulus (12453)
Osagean351.9 - 342.9USA (California) F. sp. (225981)
Chesterian335.4 - 323.4USA (Illinois) F. alatoides (275927 275928 275931 275935) F. sp. (275932)
Anisian - Carnian246.7 - 227.3Greece F. sp. (222728)