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Polygnathus decorosa

Conodonta - Conodontophorida - Polygnathidae

Taxonomy
Polygnathus decorosus was named by Stauffer (1938).

It was corrected as Polygnathus decorosa by Ethington and Furnish (1962).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. abbessensis, P. aequalis, P. alatus, P. alexanderensis, P. alvenus, P. alveoliposticus, P. ancyrognathoides, P. ancyrognathoideus, P. anguistidiscus, P. angusticostata, P. angustidiscus, P. ansatus, P. aspelundi, P. azigomorphus, P. bagialensis, P. bartensis, P. beckmanni, P. benderi, P. bischoffi, P. borealis, P. bouckerti, P. brevicarina, P. brevilamiformis, P. brevilaminus, P. brevilaminus, P. brevis, P. bryanti, P. bultynck, P. bultyncki, P. busmakovi, P. caelatus, P. capollocki, P. carinata, P. churkini, P. collieri, P. communis, P. communis, P. cooperi, P. cooperi, P. costatus, P. costatus, P. costatus, P. costatus, P. cotatus, P. cracens, P. cristatus, P. cristatus, P. cristatus, P. curtigladius, P. dapoushangensis, P. dehiscens, P. dehiscens, P. dehiscens, P. delenitor, P. delicatolus, P. dengleri, P. distortus, P. docorosus, P. duolingshanensis, P. eberleini, P. eiflius, P. elegantulus, P. ensensis, P. eoglaber, P. evidens, P. experplexus, P. extralobatus, P. fallax, P. flabellum, P. flaccidus, P. foliformis, P. foveolatus, P. glaber, P. glaber, P. glaber, P. glaber, P. gracilis, P. granulosus, P. granulosus, P. gronbergi, P. hassi, P. hemiansatus, P. hieroglyphica, P. hindei, P. homoirregularis, P. imparilis, P. inoratus, P. inornatus, P. inortata, P. intermedius, P. inversus, P. inversus, P. kennettensis, P. kitabicus, P. klapperi, P. kluepfeli, P. klugi, P. kockelianus, P. krestovnikovi, P. kuradjalis, P. lacinatus, P. lanei, P. laticostatus, P. latifossatus, P. latus, P. lauriformis, P. lenzi, P. limitaris, P. linguiformis, P. linguiformis, P. linguiformis, P. linguiformis, P. linguiformis, P. linguiformis, P. linguiformis, P. linguiformis, P. linguiformis, P. linguiformis, P. linguiformis, P. ljaschenkoi, P. lobatus, P. lodinensis, P. longiposticus, P. magnidentatus, P. mehli, P. mehli, P. micrificus, P. minutus, P. morgani, P. nodocostata, P. nodocostatus, P. nodocostatus, P. nodocostatus, P. nodocostatus, P. normalia, P. norrisi, P. nothoperbonus, P. obliquicostatus, P. obliquimarginatus, P. obtectus, P. ordinatus, P. ovalis, P. ovatinodosus, P. pacificus, P. padovanii, P. pannonicus, P. paradecorosus, P. parapetus, P. partitus, P. patulus, P. pennatuloidea, P. pennatuloideus, P. pennatus, P. perbonus, P. perplexus, P. pinguis, P. pirenae, P. pireneae, P. planarius, P. planirostratus, P. platyobliquemarginatus, P. politus, P. pomeranicus, P. porrectus, P. posterus, P. postinodosus, P. praepolitus, P. praetrigonicus, P. procerus, P. procerus, P. proprius, P. psuedofoliatus, P. pugiunculus, P. pupus, P. pura, P. purus, P. purus, P. purus, P. quadratus, P. rarus, P. reimersi, P. rhenanus, P. robusticostatus, P. rostratus, P. rugosa, P. rugosus, P. sagita, P. sagittaria, P. samueli, P. secus, P. semialternans, P. semicostatus, P. semicostatus, P. serotinus, P. sinuosus, P. sokolovi, P. sp, P. speculiferus, P. spicatus, P. squalidus, P. strongi, P. styriaca, P. styriacus, P. sublanus, P. subnormalis, P. subplanus, P. subserratus, P. symmetricus, P. szulczewskii, P. tafilensis, P. tamara, P. tenellus, P. timorensis, P. trigonicus, P. triphylatus, P. triphyllatus, P. unicornis, P. unilabius, P. variabilis, P. variabilis, P. vogesi, P. volhynicus, P. xylus, P. xylus, P. zieglerianus, P. zikmundovae, P. zinaidae, P. znepolensis, P. szulczewskii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Polygnathus decorosus Stauffer
1962Polygnathus decorosa Ethington and Furnish p. 1281

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassCyclostomataRichards
orderConodontophorida
RankNameAuthor
classConodontaPander 1856
orderOzarkodinidaDzik 1976
suborderOzarkodininaDzik 1976
superfamilyPolygnathaceaBassler 1925
familyPolygnathidaeBassler 1925
genusPolygnathusHinde 1879
speciesdecorosa(Stauffer 1938)

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.

Polygnathus decorosa Stauffer 1938
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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: base of the Late/Upper Givetian to the top of the Late/Upper Frasnian or 383.40000 to 372.15000 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Spain Polygnathus decorosus (144623 144624)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Iowa) Polygnathus decorosus (90325)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31China (Guangxi) Polygnathus decorosus (13158 13159 13161 13163)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Morocco Polygnathus decorosus (145453)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Polygnathus decorosus (149664 149666)
Givetian - Frasnian387.95 - 372.15China (Guangxi) Polygnathus decorosus (13141)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Türkiye Polygnathus decorosus (200386)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Türkiye Polygnathus decorosus (200387)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Bulgaria Polygnathus decorosus (241059)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0China (Guangxi) Polygnathus decorosus (13138 13139 13140)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Morocco Polygnathus decorosus (148866 149347)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Algeria Polygnathus decorosus (40456)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Spain Polygnathus decorosus (144625 144626 197173 197176)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Portugal Polygnathus decorosus (199545)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Canada (Ontario) Polygnathus decorosus (40050 40052 40053 40055)
Middle Frasnian379.0 - 375.2China (Guangxi) Polygnathus decorosus (13018 13020)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Western Sahara Polygnathus decorosa (209256 209257)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Australia (New South Wales) Polygnathus decorosus (40006)