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Icriodus alternatus

Conodonta - Conodontophorida - Icriodontidae

Taxonomy
Icriodus alternatus was named by Branson and Mehl (1934). It is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
I. angustoides, I. angustoides, I. angustoides, I. angustoides, I. angustoides, I. angustus, I. beckmanni, I. beckmanni, I. beckmanni, I. bidentatus, I. bilatericrescens, I. calvini, I. castilianus, I. castillanus, I. castillianus, I. cedarensis, I. celtibericus, I. claudia, I. claudiae, I. coringer, I. corniger, I. corniger, I. corniger, I. corniger, I. costatus, I. csakyi, I. culicellus, I. culicellus, I. cullcellus, I. cullicellus, I. curvicauda, I. curvirostratus, I. cymbiformis, I. deformatus, I. difficilis, I. eolatericrescens, I. eolatericresencs, I. eriensis, I. eslaensis, I. excavatus, I. expansa, I. fallax, I. fallax, I. fusiformis, I. gravesi, I. hadnagyi, I. helmsi, I. hesperius, I. huddlei, I. introlevatus, I. iowaensis, I. iowaensis, I. iowaensis, I. isabelae, I. janeae, I. latecarinatus, I. latericrescens, I. latericrescens, I. latus, I. lilliputensis, I. lindensis, I. linguiformis, I. mawsonae, I. multicostatus, I. nevadensis, I. nodosus, I. norfordi, I. obliqueimarginatus, I. obliquimarginatus, I. ohioensis, I. olivierii, I. orri, I. pesavis, I. platyobliequimarginatus, I. platyobliqueimarginatus, I. platyobliquimarginatus, I. postwoschmidti, I. praealternatus, I. prealternatus, I. rectangularis, I. rectangularis, I. rectiostratus, I. rectirostratus, I. regulariicrescens, I. retrodepressus, I. sigmoidalis, I. simulator, I. sinuatus, I. sp, I. sp A, I. spA., I. steinachensis, I. steinachensis, I. steinachensis, I. struvei, I. tafilatensis, I. taimyricus, I. timorensis, I. transiens, I. trojani, I. vinearum, I. vitabilis, I. wallierianus, I. werneri, I. woschmidti, I. woschmidti, I. woschmidtii, I. woshmidti

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Icriodus alternatus Branson and Mehl

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassCyclostomataRichards
RankNameAuthor
orderConodontophorida
classConodontaPander 1856
orderPrioniodontida(Dzik 1976)
superfamilyPrioniodontaceaBassler 1925
familyIcriodontidaeMüller and Müller 1957
genusIcriodusBranson and Mehl 1938
speciesalternatus

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.

†Icriodus alternatus Branson and Mehl 1934
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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: base of the Givetian to the top of the Middle Famennian or 387.95000 to 365.20000 Ma

Collections (40 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Iran Icriodus alternatus (188981)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Iran Icriodus alternatus (188984)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15USA (Nebraska) Icriodus alternatus (276741)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15China (Guangxi) Icriodus alternatus (40573)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Spain Icriodus alternatus (197173 197176)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Germany Icriodus alternatus (228477 228479 228480 228558 228560)
Frasnian - Famennian382.31 - 358.86China (Guangxi) Icriodus alternatus (40575)
Frasnian - Famennian382.31 - 358.86Germany Icriodus alternatus (228481)
Late/Upper Devonian - Carboniferous382.31 - 298.9Greece (Chios) Icriodus alternatus (222750)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15China (Guangxi) Icriodus alternatus (12955)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Poland Icriodus alternatus, Icriodus alternatus (135696)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Australia (New South Wales) Icriodus alternatus (40006)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15France (Alsace) Icriodus alternatus (38675)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Australia (Western Australia) Icriodus alternatus (223209)
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Russian Federation (Northern Urals) Icriodus alternatus (12332)
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Germany (Sauerland) Icriodus alternatus (235126)
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Iran Icriodus alternatus (239379)
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5China (Guangxi) Icriodus alternatus (12947 12948 12951 12952 40576)
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5USA (New York) Icriodus alternatus (35384)
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Poland Icriodus alternatus (135714)
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Spain Icriodus alternatus, Icriodus alternatus (197175)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86Germany Icriodus alternatus (228482 228561 228562 228563)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86Vietnam Icriodus alternatus (83246)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86Iran Icriodus alternatus (236259 236261 236265)
Middle Famennian368.5 - 365.2Germany Icriodus alternatus (223527 223536)