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Aphelognathus

Conodonta - Prioniodontida

Taxonomy
Aphelognathus is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Conodontophorida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Prioniodinina by Donoghue et al. (2008).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Aphelognathus Sepkoski
2008Aphelognathus Donoghue et al. p. 138

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
RankNameAuthor
subphylumConodontophorida()
classConodonta
orderPrioniodontida(Dzik 1976)
suborderPrioniodininaSweet 1988
genusAphelognathus

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.

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Aphelognathus pyramidalis Branson et al. 1951
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 Longvillian to the top of the Llandovery or 457.20000 to 433.40000 Ma

Collections (87 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.4 - 454.0China (HeBei) A. sp. (7986)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.4 - 454.0China (Shaanxi) A. sp. (8540)
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0Russian Federation (Siberia) A. rodesi (205580 205581) A. sp. (205386)
Gisbornian458.4 - 452.7China A. sp. (187887)
Gisbornian - Eastonian458.4 - 449.5China A. sp. (187885)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8Russian Federation (Severnaya Zemlya) A. pyramidalis (178073 178075 178076 178077)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8Canada (Northwest Territories) A. floweri (180215) A. politus (180205 180206 180213)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8Canada (British Columbia) A. floweri (192177) A. palitus (192183) A. sp. (192195)
Longvillian - Onnian457.2 - 449.5Argentina A. sp. (9037)
Chatfieldian - Edenian453.8 - 450.2Canada (Manitoba) A. pyramidalis (177630)
Katian453.0 - 445.2Russian Federation (Siberia) A. rodesi (205579)
Katian453.0 - 445.2China A. divergens (187401 187403 187405) A. grandis (187386 187389 187390 187392 187400) A. grandis, A. divergens (187402) A. neixiangensis (187375 187376 187377 187381) A. neixiangensis, A. zuoquensis, A. pyramidalis (187385) A. politus, A. neixiangensis (187374) A. politus, A. neixiangensis, A. shoshonensis (187378) A. zuoquensis, A. divergens (187404 187407 187408) A. zuoquensis, A. grandis (187388) A. zuoquensis, A. grandis, A. divergens (187406) A. zuoquensis, A. neixiangensis (187382)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Québec) A. grandis, A. pyramidalis (24569)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Manitoba) A. pyramidalis (177631 177632 177633 177644 177645)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Northwest Territories) A. divergens (26093 26094 26095 26096)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Greenland A. pyramidalis (182390 182391 182392 182455 182457 182977 183125) A. sp. (182979 183034)
Pusgillian449.5 - 449.2Russian Federation (Siberia) A. sp. (9312)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7Canada (Québec) A. grandis (24574) A. grandis, A. pyramidalis (24571 24572 24573) A. politus (24858 24861 24975) A. rhodesi, A. divergens, A. shoshonensis (24848) A. sp. (24841) A. sp., A. pyramidalis (24566)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7USA (Alaska) A. divergens (113016) A. sp. (113017 113018)
Gamachian449.5 - 443.7Canada (Manitoba) A. pyramidalis (177634)
Gamachian449.5 - 443.7USA (Missouri) A. grandis (177551 177552 177553 177554)
Ashgill - Llandovery449.5 - 433.4Canada (Québec) A. politus (24504)
Cautleyan449.2 - 448.8Ireland (Leinster) A. sp. (89130)
Rawtheyan - Cautleyan448.8 - 448.8Russian Federation (Siberia) A. sp. (9313)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4Russian Federation A. sp. (142465)
Rhuddanian443.4 - 440.8Canada (Manitoba) A. sp. (177635)
Niagaran438.0 - 421.3Canada (Québec) A. sp. (25051)