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Drepanoistodus amoenus

Conodonta - Protopanderodontida - Drepanoistodontidae

Taxonomy
Drepanodus amoenus was named by Lindström (1955).

It was recombined as Drepanoistodus amoenus by Pyle and Barnes (2002).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. contractus, D. nowlani, D. pervetus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Drepanodus amoenus Lindström
2002Drepanoistodus amoenus Pyle and Barnes

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumConodontophorida()
RankNameAuthor
classConodonta
orderProtopanderodontida
familyDrepanoistodontidae(Fahraeus and Nowlan 1978)
genusDrepanoistodusLindstrom 1971
speciesamoenus(Lindström 1955)

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.

†Drepanoistodus amoenus Lindström 1955
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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 Early/Lower Ordovician to the top of the Tremadoc or 485.40000 to 477.70000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Iran Drepanoistodus amoenus (116238)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Sweden Drepanoistodus amoenus (203725 203726 203729)
Early/Lower Ordovician485.4 - 470.0Canada (British Columbia) Drepanoistodus amoenus (177727 177728 177731 177733 177734)