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Polycostatus oneotensis

Conodonta - Protopanderodontida - Protopanderodontidae

Taxonomy
Acodus oneotensis was named by Furnish (1938). It is the type species of Polycostatus.

It was recombined as Polycostatus oneotensis by Ji and Barnes (1994).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Acodus oneotensis Furnish
1994Polycostatus oneotensis Ji and Barnes

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumConodontophorida()
RankNameAuthor
classConodonta
orderProtopanderodontida
familyProtopanderodontidaeLindström 1970
genusPolycostatusJi and Barnes 1994
speciesoneotensis(Furnish 1938)

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.

Polycostatus oneotensis Furnish 1938
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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 Tremadoc to the top of the Llandeilian or 486.50000 to 460.90000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7USA (Virginia) Acodus oneotensis (203861 203862 203863)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7South Korea (Kangweondo) Acodus oneotensis (203850 203857)
Llandeilian466.0 - 460.9Malaysia Acodus oneotensis (181680)