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Polygnathidae

Conodonta - Ozarkodinida - Polygnathidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Polygnathidae Bassler
1933Polygnathidae Gunnell p. 269
1977Polygnathidae Chatterton and Perry p. 785
1981Polygnathidae Clark et al. p. W103
2008Polygnathidae Donoghue et al. pp. f. 13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumConodontophorida()
RankNameAuthor
classConodonta
orderOzarkodinidaDzik 1976
suborderOzarkodininaDzik 1976
superfamilyPolygnathaceaBassler 1925
familyPolygnathidaeBassler 1925
familyPolygnathidaeBassler 1925

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. †Polygnathidae Bassler 1925
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†Ancyrodella curvata Branson and Mehl 1934
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Invalid names: Ancyrognathus asteroideus Stauffer 1938 [synonym]
†Ancyrodella nodosa Ulrich and Bassler 1926
†Ancyrodella rotundiloba Bryant 1921
†Ancyrodella rotundiloba pristina Khalymbadzha and Chernyscheva 1970
G. †Ancyrodelloides Bischoff and Sannemann 1958
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†Ancyrodelloides kutscheri Bischoff and Sannemann 1958
†Ancyrodelloides limbacarinatus Murphy and Matti 1982
†Ancyrodelloides omus Murphy and Matti 1982
†Ancyrodelloides trigonicus Bischoff and Sannemann 1958
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†Ancyrognathus asymmetrica Ulrich and Bassler 1926
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Invalid names: Ancyrognathus iowaensis Youngquist 1947 [synonym]
†Ancyrognathus triangularis Youngquist 1945
G. †Avignathus Lys and Serre 1957
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†Avignathus orthoptera Ziegler 1959
G. †Cavusgnathus Harris and Hollingsworth 1933
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†Cavusgnathus gigantus Gunnell 1933
†Cavusgnathus lautus Gunnell 1933
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†Klapperina disparilis Ziegler and Klapper 1976
G. †Linguipolygnathus Bardashev 2002
G. †Masaraella Murphy 2005
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†Masaraella pandora Murphy et al. 1981
G. †Mehlina Youngquist 1945
G. †Neopolygnathus Vorontzova 1991
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†Neopolygnathus communis Branson and Mehl 1934
†Neopolygnathus communis yazikovi Izokh and Yazikov 2017
G. †Pandorinellina Müller and Müller 1957
G. †Polygnathus Hinde 1879
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†Polygnathus acrinodosus Aboussalam 2003
†Polygnathus amphora Walliser and Bultynck 2011
†Polygnathus angusticostatus Wittekindt 1966
†Polygnathus angustipennatus Bischoff and Ziegler 1957
†Polygnathus costatus Klapper 1971
†Polygnathus damelei Vodrazkova et al. 2011
†Polygnathus decorosa Stauffer 1938
†Polygnathus denisbriceae Bultynck 1979
†Polygnathus dubia Hinde 1879
†Polygnathus efimovae Kononova et al. 1996
†Polygnathus hemipennatus Aboussalam 2003
†Polygnathus holynensis Vodrazkova et al. 2011
†Polygnathus housei Aboussalam 2003
†Polygnathus ilmenensis Zhuravlev 2003
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Invalid names: Polygnathus drucei Zhuravlev 1999 [replaced]
†Polygnathus normalis Miller and Youngquist 1947
†Polygnathus parawebbi Chatterton 1974
†Polygnathus pollocki Druce 1976
†Polygnathus pseudoeiflius Walliser and Bultynck 2011
†Polygnathus pseudofoliatus Wittekindt 1966
†Polygnathus robertensis Vodrazkova et al. 2011
†Polygnathus rossicus Zhuravlev 2000
†Polygnathus salixensis Vodrazkova et al. 2011
†Polygnathus varcus Stauffer 1940
†Polygnathus wapanuckensis Harlton 1933
†Polygnathus webbi Stauffer 1938
†Polygnathus xylus Stauffer 1940
†Polygnathus xylus xylus Stauffer 1940
G. †Siphonodella Branson and Mehl 1944
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†Siphonodella uralica Zhuravlev 1994
G. †Synclydagnathus Rexroad and Varker 1992
G. †Zieglerina Bardashev and Bardasheva 2012
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†Zieglerina ovalis Ziegler and Klapper 1964
Invalid names: Palmatolepinae Sweet 1988 [empty]
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 Lochkovian to the top of the Ladinian or 419.20000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections (1695 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pridoli - Pragian423.0 - 407.6Australia (New South Wales) Ancyrodelloides carlsi (194240) Pandorinellina paridens (194284)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8USA (Nevada) Ancyrodelloides delta (179460 179464 179468) Ancyrodelloides delta, Ancyrodelloides limbacarinatus (179469) Ancyrodelloides delta, Ancyrodelloides omus (179454) Ancyrodelloides eleanorae (179453 179459 179534) Ancyrodelloides limbacarinatus (179472 179540 179541 179542) Ancyrodelloides omus (179448 179450 179451 179452) Ancyrodelloides transitans (179461 179470 179533) Ancyrodelloides transitans, Ancyrodelloides asymmetricus (179536 179543) Ancyrodelloides transitans, Ancyrodelloides asymmetricus, Ancyrodelloides limbacarinatus (179471) Ancyrodelloides transitans, Ancyrodelloides delta (179456 179457) Ancyrodelloides transitans, Ancyrodelloides delta, Ancyrodelloides asymmetricus, Ancyrodelloides limbacarinatus (179467) Ancyrodelloides transitans, Ancyrodelloides eleanorae (179463 179535 179539) Ancyrodelloides transitans, Ancyrodelloides eleanorae, Ancyrodelloides asymmetricus (179537) Ancyrodelloides transitans, Ancyrodelloides eleanorae, Ancyrodelloides delta (179458) Ancyrodelloides transitans, Ancyrodelloides eleanorae, Ancyrodelloides delta, Ancyrodelloides asymmetricus (179462) Ancyrodelloides transitans, Ancyrodelloides trigonicus (179544) Ancyrodelloides transitans, Ozarkodina pandora (179532) Ancyrodelloides transitans, Pandorinellina optima, Ozarkodina pandora (179549) Ozarkodina pandora (179545 179548 179551 179552 179558 179560 179565) Ozarkodina pandora, Ancyrodelloides omus (179529 179531) Ozarkodina pandora, Ancyrodelloides trigonicus (179556) Pandorinellina optima (179563) Pandorinellina optima, Ancyrodelloides trigonicus (179477) Pandorinellina optima, Ozarkodina pandora (179554 179557) Pandorinellina steinhornensis (179562 179566) Pandorinellina steinhornensis, Ozarkodina pandora (179553 179555 179559 179561)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Mongolia Kimognathus spp. (180137) Pandorinellina spp. (180136 180138)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Morocco Ancyrodelloides sp. (13936)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Czech Republic Ancyrodelloides asymmetricus (189745) Ancyrodelloides asymmetricus, Ancyrodelloides transitans (189720 189746) Ancyrodelloides asymmetricus, Ancyrodelloides transitans, Ancyrodelloides trigonicus, Ancyrodelloides kutscheri (189718) Ancyrodelloides kutscheri (189748) Ancyrodelloides sp., Ancyrodelloides transitans (189742) Ancyrodelloides transitans (189710 189711 189714 189719 189722 189740 189741 189743 189744) Ancyrodelloides transitans, Ancyrodelloides asymmetricus (189717 189721) Ancyrodelloides transitans, Ancyrodelloides kutscheri (189747) Ancyrodelloides transitans, Ancyrodelloides sp. (189712 189713) Ancyrodelloides transitans, Ancyrodelloides trigonicus (189715 189716) Ancyrodelloides transitans, Kimognathus limbacarinatus (189749) Masaraella pandora (189750 189751 189754) Pandorinellina boucoti (189703)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Australia (New South Wales) Ozarkodina pandora (25706 177275) Pandorinellina miae (177328 177344 177346) Pandorinellina optima (25707 177333 187250)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Italy Ancyrodelloides sp. (188514) Ancyrodelloides transitans (188509) Kimognathus delta (188506)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Russian Federation Ancyrodelloides transitans, Ancyrodelloides cruzae, Pandorinellina optima (190156) Ancyrodelloides transitans, Ancyrodelloides kutscheri (190162) Ancyrodelloides transitans, Ancyrodelloides trigonicus, Masaraella pandora (190157 190159) Ancyrodelloides transitans, Pandorinellina optima (190155) Ancyrodelloides transitans, Pandorinellina optima, Ancyrodelloides trigonicus, Ancyrodelloides kutscheri (190161) Ancyrodelloides transitans, Pandorinellina optima, Pandorinellina exigua, Ancyrodelloides trigonicus, Masaraella pandora (190160) Kimognathus sp., Pandorinellina optima (190154) Pandorinellina exigua (190163) Pandorinellina miae, Masaraella pandora (190164) Pandorinellina optima (190152) Pandorinellina optima, Masaraella pandora (190153 190158)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Russian Federation (Arkhangel'skaya Oblast') Pandorinellina exigua (40697 40698)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Austria Ancyrodelloides kutscheri (141056) Ancyrodelloides transitans (141055 141057) Ancyrodelloides transitans, Ozarkodina pandora (141044) Ancyrodelloides transitans, Ozarkodina pandora, Ancyrodelloides kutscheri (141052) Ancyrodelloides transitans, Pandorinellina ebzeryi (141046) Ancyrodelloides transitans, Pandorinellina ebzeryi, Pandorinellina sp., Ozarkodina pandora, Ancyrodelloides limbacarinatus (141047) Ancyrodelloides transitans, Pandorinellina sp. (141049) Ancyrodelloides trigonica, Ancyrodelloides kutscheri (13915) Ozarkodina pandora (141038 141042 141045 141048) Pandorinellina optima (141051) Pandorinellina optima, Ozarkodina pandora (141054) Pandorinellina sp. (141068 141170)

Youngest occurrences
Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Morrowan323.2 - 318.6USA (California) Rhachistognathus sp. (196124)
Morrowan323.2 - 318.6USA (Wyoming) Cavusgnathus sp. (5728)
Morrowan323.2 - 318.6USA (Missouri) Polygnathus sp. (216401 216403)
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2USA (Oklahoma) Polygnathidae indet. (132869)
Early/Lower Pennsylvanian323.2 - 315.2USA (Oklahoma) Polygnathidae indet. (132870 132871 132875 132876 132904 132906 132915 132965) Polygnathidae indet., Polygnathus wapanuckensis (132879)
Pennsylvanian323.2 - 298.9USA (Utah) Cavusgnathus unicornis, Cavusgnathus regularis, Cavusgnathus sp. (12780)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7USA (Missouri) Cavusgnathus lautus (132626) Cavusgnathus lautus, Cavusgnathus gigantus, Cavusgnathus missouriensis (132631)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Texas) Cavusgnathus sp. (217916)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Greece Polygnathus carinata (112608)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Serbia and Montenegro (Serbia) Polygnathus sp. (44737)