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Ansella

Conodonta - Belodellida - Ansellidae

Taxonomy
Ansella is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Belodella jemtlandica.

It was assigned to Conodontophorida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Ansellidae by Pyle and Barnes (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Ansella Pyle and Barnes p. 57
2002Ansella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
RankNameAuthor
subphylumConodontophorida()
classConodonta
orderBelodellida
familyAnsellidaeFåhræus and Hunter 1985
genusAnsella

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. †Ansella
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†Ansella jemtlandica Löfgren 1978
†Ansella longicuspica Zhang 1998
†Ansella nevadensis Ethington and Schumacher 1969
†Ansella pseudorobusta Serpagli 1967
†Ansella serrata Dzik 1976
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatitec
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
Reference: Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Floian to the top of the Kralodvorian or 477.70000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections (96 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Ordovician485.4 - 470.0Canada (British Columbia) A. jemtlandica (177772)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Argentina A. sp. (8744 8746 8751)
Floian477.7 - 470.0Peru A. jemtlandica (210687)
Dapingian470.0 - 467.3Canada (Newfoundland) A. longicuspica (210498)
Middle Ordovician470.0 - 458.4Canada (British Columbia) A. jemtlandica (177787)
Middle Ordovician470.0 - 458.4Malaysia A. jemtlandica (186194)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3USA (Nevada) Belodella nevadensis (210656 210657 210658 210659 210660 210661 210662 210663)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4Argentina A. sp. (8706)
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4Canada (Newfoundland) A. longicuspica (210477 210478 210480 210482 210483 210484 210485 210487 210488 210489 210490 210502 210503)
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4China (Guizhou) A. jemtlandica (222778 222779)
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4New Zealand A. jemtlandica (210504 210505)
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4Canada (British Columbia) A. jemtlandica (177966) A. longicuspica (177959 177960)
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4China (Inner Mongolia) A. crassa (223101)
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4Argentina A. jemtlandica (210374 210388 210423 210433 210451 210452 210459) A. sinuosa (210373 210458) A. sinuosa, A. jemtlandica (210376 210377 210378 210390 210391 210392 210416 210420 210453 210456 210460)
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4China (Anhui) A. fenxiangensis (203668 203671 203672)
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4Kazakhstan A. jemtlanica (220540)
Darriwilian - Gisbornian467.3 - 452.7Australia (New South Wales) A. sp. (232629)
Aluoja - Aseri466.0 - 460.9Sweden A. jemtlandica (210650 210651 210652)
Lasnamagi463.5 - 460.9Estonia A. serrata (210675)
Lasnamagi463.5 - 460.9Lithuania A. serrata (210665)
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0China A. jemtlandica (203614)
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0China (Inner Mongolia) A. sp. (222723)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5Thailand A. sp. A (142392) A. sp. B (142397 142398 142403)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8Canada (British Columbia) A. jemtlandica (177795 177796 177797 177798 177800)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8Malaysia A. jemtlandica (186204 186205 186208 186210 186218 186219)
Katian453.0 - 445.2China (Guizhou) A. jemtlandica (222781 222782 222783 222784 222785 222786 222787)
Vormsi449.9 - 449.5Denmark (Bornholm) A. nevadensis (184780)
Kralodvorian449.8 - 445.2Italy (Sardinia) A. pseudorobusta (192914)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7Austria A. pseudorobusta (231710 231711)