Colaptoconus

Colaptoconus Temporal range: 478.6–468.1 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N

D_E,F Colaptoconus quadraplicatus (Branson and Mehl) detail Scanning electron microscope (SEM) photomicrographs of some representative conodont elements from the Gasconade, Roubidoux, and Jefferson City formations in southeastern Missouri. Illustrated specimens are reposited in the type collections of the Paleobiology Department, U.S. National Museum (USNM), Washington, D.C. 20560. D_E, Colaptoconus quadraplicatus (Branson and Mehl); posterolateral (D) and lateral (E) views of triplicatiform and quadraplicatiform elements, respectively; D, from sample JF-H, Jacks Fork section, X 110, USNM 498499; E, from sample JC-J, lower part of Jefferson City Dolomite at Jim's Creek section, X 64, USNM 498500. F, cf. Colaptoconus quadraplicatus (Branson and Mehl); shallowly grooved specimen, from sample JF-J at Jacks Fork section, X 90, USNM 498501.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	†Conodonta
Genus:	†Colaptoconus (Kennedy, 1981)
Species
†Colaptoconus emarginatus †Colaptoconus quadraplicatus
Synonyms
Glyptoconus Kennedy, 1981 (syn. Glyptoconus von Moellendorff, 1894)^[1]

Colaptoconus is an extinct genus of conodonts.

References

↑ Colaptoconus (Conodonta), a replacement name for Glyptoconus Kennedy, 1981, non Glyptoconus von Moellendorff, 1894. David J. Kennedy, Journal of Paleontology, November 1994, volume 68, issue 6 (link)

S. Desbiens, T. E. Bolton, and A.D. McCracken. 1996. Fauna of the lower Beauharnois Formation (Beekmantown Group, Lower Ordovician(, Grand île, Quebec. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 33(8):1132-1153

External links

Colaptoconus at fossilworks.org (retrieved 15 July 2016)

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