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Plectodina

Conodonta - Ozarkodinida

Taxonomy
Plectodina is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Plectodinidae.

It was assigned to Plectodinidae by Sweet (1988); to Conodontophorida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Ozarkodinida by Donoghue et al. (2008).

Species
P. alpina
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. aculeatoides, P. dakota, P. tenuis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Plectodina Sweet p. 186
2002Plectodina Sepkoski
2008Plectodina Donoghue et al. p. 138

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
RankNameAuthor
subphylumConodontophorida()
classConodonta
orderOzarkodinidaDzik 1976
genusPlectodina

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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†Plectodina alpina Serpagli 1967
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 Arenig to the top of the Late/Upper Ordovician or 478.60000 to 443.80000 Ma

Collections (159 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Ordovician485.4 - 470.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen P. sp. I (186654)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Argentina P. sp. (8719)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (HeBei) P. sp. (7974)
Dapingian470.0 - 467.3Canada (Newfoundland) P. sp. (210472)
Middle Ordovician470.0 - 458.4USA (New York) P. sp. (333)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4China (HeNan) P. sp. (20771)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4China (HeBei) P. sp. (7971)
Early/Lower Llandeilo466.0 - 460.9Russian Federation (Siberia) P. sp. (9303 9306)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.4 - 454.0China (Shaanxi) P. sp. (8540)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8Canada (Northwest Territories) P. aculeatoides, P. florida, P. tenuis (180213) P. aculeatoides, P. tenuis (180205) P. florida (180214 180215) P. tenuis (180206 180217 180218 180219 180220 180221 180222 180223 180240 180241 180242 180244)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8Canada (British Columbia) P. aculeata (177929)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8Austria P. alpina (187796 187797)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8Canada (British Columbia) P. dakota (192199) P. sp. (192198 192200)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Missouri) P. edentula (176649)
Mohawkian457.3 - 451.0USA (Wyoming) P. sp. (181049)
Blackriveran - Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) P. aculeata (27096 27103)
Blackriveran - Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) P. aculeata, P. tenuis (23295 23298)
Blackriveran - Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Iowa) P. aculeata, P. sp. (23300)
Shermanian - Gamachian457.3 - 443.7Canada (Northwest Territories) P. tenuis (26101)
Longvillian457.2 - 455.0China (JiangSu) P. sp. (7948)
Longvillian - Marshbrookian457.2 - 454.0China (JiangSu) P. sp. (7930 7947)
Longvillian - Onnian457.2 - 449.5Argentina P. sp. (9037)
Chatfieldian - Edenian453.8 - 450.2Canada (Manitoba) P. tenuis (177586 177629 177630 177642 177680)
Katian453.0 - 445.2USA (Oklahoma) P. aculeata (212640 212641 212643 212649 212651 212657) P. aculeata, P. tenuis (212652 212653 212654 212655 212656 212658) P. tenuis (212661 212662 212663 212664 212667 212668 212669 212670 212672 212673 212674 212675 212676 212677 212678 212679 212681 212716 212717 212723 212725 212727 212728 212776 212777 212778 212779 212820 212821 212822 212823 212824 212825 212826 212827 212828 212829 212830) P. tenuis, P. inclinata (212831)
Katian453.0 - 445.2China P. tenuis (187374 187377 187381 187382 187385 187386 187387 187388 187392 187393 187394 187395 187397 187398 187399 187400 187401 187402 187403 187405 187406 187407 187408) P. tenuis, P. aculeata (187375 187376) P. tenuis, P. florida (187378)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2Canada (Northwest Territories) P. tenuis (192139)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) P. aculeata (27085) P. tenuis (26098)
Edenian - Richmondian451.0 - 445.5USA (Nevada) P. florida, P. tenuis (10641)
Cincinnatian - Llandovery451.0 - 433.4USA (California) P. sp. (226424)
Maysvillian - Richmondian450.2 - 445.5USA (Nevada) P. sp. (10668) P. tenuis (10667)
Kralodvorian449.8 - 445.2Italy (Sardinia) P. alpina (192914)
Kralodvorian449.8 - 445.2Czech Republic (Praha) P. tenuis (173726)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Manitoba) P. tenuis (177632 177643 177644 177681 177682)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Ohio) P. sp. (367)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7Austria P. alpina (231709)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7Canada (Québec) P. sp. (24566)
Gamachian449.5 - 443.7Canada (Manitoba) P. tenuis (177634 177684)
Gamachian449.5 - 443.7USA (Missouri) P. florida, P. tenuis (177551 177552 177553 177554)
Ashgill - Wenlock449.5 - 427.4Canada (Nunavut) P. tenuis (188106 188108 188111 188112)
Cautleyan449.2 - 448.8Ireland (Leinster) P. sp. (89130)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4USA (Oklahoma) P. sp. (212729 212730) P. tenuis (212737 212738 212742)