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Rhipidognathidae

Conodonta - Prioniodontida - Rhipidognathidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Rhipidognathidae Lindström
1981Rhipidognathidae Clark et al. p. W103
2002Rhipidognathidae Pyle and Barnes p. 109

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
RankNameAuthor
subphylumConodontophorida()
classConodonta
orderPrioniodontida(Dzik 1976)
familyRhipidognathidaeLindström 1970
familyRhipidognathidaeLindström 1970

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.

Fm. †Rhipidognathidae Lindström 1970
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G. †Appalachignathus Bergström et al. 1974
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†Appalachignathus delicatulus Bergström et al. 1974
G. †Bergstroemognathus Serpagli 1974
G. †Rhipidognathus Branson et al. 1951
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†Rhipidognathus symmetricus Branson et al. 1951
G. †Tasmanognathus Burrett 1979
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†Tasmanognathus careyi Burrett 1979
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 Bendigonian to the top of the Ludfordian or 474.90000 to 423.00000 Ma

Collections (63 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ibexian487.5 - 470.0USA (New York) Bergstroemognathus extensus (64618)
Tulean - Blackhillsian480.8 - 470.0Argentina Bergstroemognathus extensus (204144)
Dawan478.6 - 468.1China (JiangSu) Bergstroemognathus sp. (7923)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Argentina Bergstroemognathus sp. (8744 8751)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (Hubei) Bergstroemognathus sp. (4721 4722 4723 4724 4726)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Norway (Spitsbergen) Bergstroemognathus sp. (141549)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (HeBei) Bergstroemognathus sp. (7963)
Floian477.7 - 470.0China (Anhui) Bergstroemognathus extensus (203692 203693)
Floian477.7 - 470.0New Zealand (Maruia) Bergstroemognathus extensus (204052)
Floian477.7 - 470.0Malaysia Bergstroemognathus sp. (186491)
Floian477.7 - 470.0China (Hunan) Bergstroemognathus extensus, Rhipidognathus yichangensis (226639)
Bendigonian474.9 - 473.1Australia (Western Australia) Bergstroemognathus extensus (157159 157178 157186)
Blackhillsian474.9 - 470.0Canada (British Columbia) Bergstroemognathus extensus (177738)
Blackhillsian474.9 - 470.0Argentina Bergstroemognathus extensus (204198)
Dapingian470.0 - 467.3Iran Bergstroemognathus extensus (116506) Bergstroemognathus sp. (116507)
Middle Ordovician470.0 - 458.4Malaysia Bergstroemognathus sp. A (186202)
Chazyan470.0 - 457.3USA (Virginia) Appalachignathus delicatulus (232630)
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4Australia (Western Australia) Bergstroemognathus extensus (211026)
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4Kazakhstan Appalachignathus sp. (220540)
Darriwilian - Gisbornian467.3 - 452.7Australia (New South Wales) Appalachignathus delicatulus (232629)
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0China (Shaanxi) Tasmanognathus carayi (210632)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5China (HeNan) Tasmanognathus sp. (20772)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8Russian Federation (Severnaya Zemlya) Rhipidognathus symmetricus (178073 178077)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Kentucky) Appalachignathus delicatulus (184656)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Tennessee) Appalachignathus delicatulus (232631)
Blackriveran - Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) Appalachignathus sp. (27087)
Katian453.0 - 445.2China Rhipidognathus symmetrica (187374) Rhipidognathus symmetrica, Rhipidognathus symmetricus (187378 187386 187388)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Québec) Rhipidognathus symmetricus (24569)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Manitoba) Rhipidognathus symmetricus (177633 177645)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Northwest Territories) Rhipidognathus symmetricus (26091 26096)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Greenland Rhipidognathus symmetricus (182392 182976 183031 183032)
Pusgillian449.5 - 449.2Russian Federation (Siberia) Rhipidognathus sp. (9312)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7Canada (Québec) Rhipidognathus symmetricus (24571 24841)
Gamachian449.5 - 443.7Canada (Manitoba) Rhipidognathus symmetricus (177634 177660 177683 177684)
Ashgill - Wenlock449.5 - 427.4Canada (Nunavut) Rhipidognathus symmetricus (188191)
Rawtheyan - Cautleyan448.8 - 448.8Russian Federation (Siberia) Rhipidognathus sp. (9313)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0Sweden (Gotland) Rhipidognathus sp. (200169 200171)
Ludfordian - Pridoli425.6 - 419.2Sweden (Gotland) Rhipidognathus sp. (200196 200205 200206)