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Paroistodus

Conodonta - Protopanderodontida - Drepanoistodontidae

Taxonomy
Paroistodus was named by Lindström (1971) [Sepkoski's age data: O Trem-l O Llvi-l Sepkoski's reference number: 867].

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

Species
P. horridus, P. nowlani, P. originalis, P. proteus
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. mutatus, P. paralellus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Paroistodus Lindström
2002Paroistodus Pyle and Barnes p. 68
2002Paroistodus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
RankNameAuthor
subphylumConodontophorida()
classConodonta
orderProtopanderodontida
familyDrepanoistodontidae(Fahraeus and Nowlan 1978)
genusParoistodusLindström 1971

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. †Paroistodus Lindström 1971
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†Paroistodus horridus Barnes and Poplawski 1984
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†Paroistodus horridus primus Albanesi 1998
†Paroistodus nowlani Zhen et al. 1999
†Paroistodus originalis Sergeeva 1963
†Paroistodus proteus Lindström 1955
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 Varangu to the top of the Rhuddanian or 485.40000 to 440.80000 Ma

Collections (256 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Sweden P. numarcuatus (203725 203726 203727 203728 203729)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7China (Hubei) P. sp. (4727 4728 4729 4730 4731 4732)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Iran P. numarcuatus (185922 185923) P. numarcuatus, P. proteus (116232) P. proteus (116238 116500 116501)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Argentina P. sp. (8704 8881)
Varangu485.4 - 484.5Sweden (Uppland) P. numarcatus (191681)
Varangu485.4 - 484.5Sweden (Västerbotten) P. numarcatus (191674 191675)
Gasconadian485.4 - 477.7Canada (Quebec) P. amoenus (203942)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Russian Federation (Siberia) P. proteus (205632)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7China (Hubei) P. numarcuatus (99796)
Early/Lower Ordovician485.4 - 470.0Canada (British Columbia) P. parallelus (177733 177734 177735 177736 177741 177742 177763 177765) P. proteus (177727 177728 177729 177730)
Hunneberg481.1 - 474.8Estonia (Harju) P. proteus (203647 203648 203649 203650)
Hunneberg481.1 - 474.8Russian Federation (St. Petersburg) P. parallelus, P. proteus (191287 191288 191289 191290 191291 191292 191293 191294 191295 191296 191297 191303 191309 191310 191311 191312 191314 191315 191316 191317 191318) P. proteus (191285 191286 191301 191302)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Argentina P. sp. (8744 8751)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (Hubei) P. sp. (4715 4716 4717 4718 4719 4721 4724 4726)
Floian477.7 - 470.0China (Anhui) P. originalis (203682 203683 203684 203685 203686) P. parallelus (203687 203690 203693)
Floian477.7 - 470.0Russian Federation (Siberia) P. paralellus, P. sp. (205659)
Floian477.7 - 470.0China (Hubei) P. proteus (203694 203696)
Bendigonian474.9 - 473.1Australia (Western Australia) P. parallelus (157159)
Blackhillsian474.9 - 470.0Canada (British Columbia) P. parallelus (177739)
Billingen474.8 - 471.1Estonia (Harju) P. originalis (203640 203641) P. proteus (203645 203646)
Billingen474.8 - 471.1Russian Federation (St. Petersburg) P. parallelus, P. proteus (191298 191299 191319)
Volkhov471.1 - 469.2Estonia P. originalis (157090)
Volkhov471.1 - 469.2Russian Federation P. originalis (61797 61798 61800 61801 61802 61803)
Volkhov471.1 - 469.2Sweden P. originalis (203653)
Volkhov471.1 - 469.2Sweden (Kalmar) P. originalis (99481)
Volkhov471.1 - 469.2Estonia (Harju) P. originalis (203618 203620 203621 203622 203634 203635 203636 203639)
Dapingian470.0 - 467.3China (Anhui) P. originalis (203677 203678 203679 203680 203681)
Dapingian470.0 - 467.3China (Hubei) P. originalis (203697 203698 203700)
Dapingian470.0 - 467.3Canada (Newfoundland) P. originalis (210461 210462 210463 210464 210465 210467 210468 210469 210470 210472 210474 210494 210496 210497 210498 210500 210501)
Middle Ordovician470.0 - 458.4Canada (British Columbia) P. parallelus (177744 177745)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3USA (Nevada) Cordylodus horridus (210663)
Abereiddian468.0 - 461.1Kazakhstan Cordylodus horridus (165486 165487)
Early/Lower Llanvirn468.0 - 461.1China (Hubei) P. sp. (4713)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4Argentina P. sp. (8706)
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4China (Zhejiang) P. horridus (223088) P. originalis (203704 203705) P. parallelus, P. originalis (203703)
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4New Zealand P. originalis (210504 210505 210506 210509)
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4Canada (Newfoundland) P. originalis (210475 210477 210478 210479 210480 210481 210482 210483 210484 210486 210487 210488 210489 210490 210502 210503)
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4Canada (British Columbia) P. originalis (177960 177963)
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4Argentina P. horridus (210378 210423 210425 210440 210442 210444 210450) P. horridus, P. originalis (210416 210433 210451 210452 210453 210456 210458 210459 210460) P. horridus, P. secundus, P. originalis (210420) P. horridus, P. secundus, P. primus, P. originalis (210377 210388 210390 210391 210392) P. originalis (210376) P. secundus, P. primus, P. originalis (210374) P. sp. (210434)
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4Australia (New South Wales) P. sp. (219786)
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4Kazakhstan P. horridus (220540)
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4Russian Federation (Siberia) P. originalis (206166)
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4China (Anhui) P. originalis (203670 203672)
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4Russian Federation (Gorny Altai) P. orignalis (194972)
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4Argentina (San Juan) P. horridus (219185)
Aluoja - Aseri466.0 - 460.9Sweden P. originalis (210650)
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0Russian Federation P. mutatus (142449 142451)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5Canada (Nunavut) P. mutatus (188104 188105 188201 188203)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8Canada (Northwest Territories) P. sp. A (180205 180217 180218 180220 180221 180222 180234 180242 180244)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8Canada (British Columbia) P. sp. (192179 192196 192199)
Shermanian - Gamachian457.3 - 443.7Canada (Northwest Territories) P. sp. (26101 26102)
Katian453.0 - 445.2Canada (Cape Manning) P. nowlani (211134)
Katian453.0 - 445.2Canada (Cornwallis Island) P. nowlani (211069 211070)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) P. sp. (26098 26100)
Edenian - Richmondian451.0 - 445.5USA (Nevada) P. sp. (10641)
Maysvillian - Richmondian450.2 - 445.5USA (Nevada) P. sp. (10667 10668)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Québec) P. mutatus (24569)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Northwest Territories) P. sp. (26090 26096 26097)
Ashgill - Cautleyan449.5 - 448.8Canada (Québec) P. mutatus (24863)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7Canada (Québec) P. mutatus (24571 24861 24972 24975 25037)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7Russian Federation P. mutatus (142459 142462)
Ashgill - Wenlock449.5 - 427.4Canada (Nunavut) P. mutatus (188106 188107 188108 188117 188118 188119 188187 188188 188193 188199)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4Russian Federation (Siberia) P. mutatus (206167)
Rhuddanian443.4 - 440.8Russian Federation P. mutatus (203569)