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Periodon aculeatus

Conodonta - Ozarkodinida

Taxonomy
Periodon aculeatus was named by Hadding (1913). It is the type species of Periodon.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. flabellum

Synonyms
  • Loxognathus flabellata was named by Graves and Ellison (1941).

    It was synonymized subjectively with Periodon aculeatus by Bradshaw (1969).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Periodon aculeatus Hadding p. 33 figs. pl. 1 f. 14
1941Loxognathus flabellata Graves and Ellison p. 12 figs. pl. 2, figs. 29

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
RankNameAuthor
subphylumConodontophorida()
classConodonta
orderOzarkodinidaDzik 1976
genusPeriodonHadding 1913
speciesaculeatusHadding 1913

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.

†Periodon aculeatus Hadding 1913
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Invalid names: Periodon flabellata Graves and Ellison 1941 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available