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Variabiloconus

Conodonta - Protopanderodontida - Protopanderodontidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Variabiloconus Sweet p. 185
2002Variabiloconus Pyle and Barnes p. 84
2002Variabiloconus Sepkoski
2004Variabiliconus Sun and Nicoll

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
RankNameAuthor
subphylumConodontophorida()
classConodonta
orderProtopanderodontida
familyProtopanderodontidaeLindström 1970
genusVariabiloconus

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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Variabiliconus variabilis Lindström 1955
Variabiloconus bassleri Furnish 1938
Variabiloconus transiapeticus Löfgren et al. 1999
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 Trempealeauan to the top of the Llandeilian or 492.50000 to 460.90000 Ma

Collections (68 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sunwaptan493.5 - 487.5Canada (Nunavut) Paltodus bassleri (203787)
Trempealeauan492.5 - 485.4Canada (Nunuvat) Paltodus bassleri (203793 203794)
Trempealeauan492.5 - 485.4USA (Virginia) Paltodus bassleri (203865)
Trempealeauan492.5 - 485.4Canada (Nunavut) Paltodus bassleri (203788)
Skullrockian487.5 - 482.3USA (New York) V. bassleri (87524)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Kazakhstan Variabiliconus sp. (116490 116491 116493)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7USA (Virginia) Paltodus bassleri (203860 203861 203862 203863)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7South Korea (Kangweondo) V. bassleri (203853 203857)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7USA (Colorado) V. transiapeticus (204049)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Canada (British Columbia) V. bassleri (203827 203828 203829 203830 203831 203832 203833 203834 203849)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Russian Federation Paltodus bassleri (157545)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Sweden V. transiapeticus (203729)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Iran Variabiliconus variabilis (185922 185923)
Stairsian485.4 - 478.6USA (Colorado) V. transiapeticus (204048)
Warendian485.4 - 478.6Australia (Queensland) Scolopodus bassleri (77472 77473 77474 77485)
Warendian485.4 - 478.6Australia (Northern Territory) Oneotodus variabilis (77704)
Gasconadian485.4 - 477.7USA (Texas) V. bassleri (203905)
Gasconadian485.4 - 477.7USA (New Mexico) Oneotodus variabilis (203899 203900) V. bassleri (203901 203902 203903 203904)
Gasconadian485.4 - 477.7Canada (Quebec) V. bassleri (203942)
Gasconadian485.4 - 477.7USA (Colorado) V. transiapeticus (204047)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Variabiliconus bassleri, Variabiliconus variabilis (234141) Variabiliconus variabilis (234138)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7USA (New York) V. bassleri (174039 174040 174041 174044 174045 174047) V. lineatus, V. bassleri (174046)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Canada (Ontario) Oneotodus variabilis (173862 173863 173864 173865 173866 173867 173868 173869 173870)
Stairsian - Tulean485.4 - 474.9USA (Nevada) V. transiapeticus (204044)
Lancefieldian484.3 - 474.9Australia (South Australia) Variabiliconus bassleri (203884) V. bassleri (203883)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Canada (Ontario) Oneotodus variabilis (173871)
Llandeilian466.0 - 460.9Malaysia Scolopodus bassleri (181679 181680)