Palmatolepis

Palmatolepis is an extinct conodont genus in the family Palmatolepidae. It was the most abundant genus of conodonts of the Late Devonian, disappearing during the Devonian/Carboniferous crisis.[2]

Palmatolepis
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
†Conodonta
Order:
†Ozarkodinida
Suborder:
†Ozarkodinina
Superfamily:
†Polygnathacea
Family:
†Palmatolepidae
Genus:
†Palmatolepis

Species

See text

Species
  • †Palmatolepis glabra
  • †Palmatolepis hassi[3]
  • †Palmatolepis khaensis Savage 2013
  • †Palmatolepis marki Savage 2013
  • †Palmatolepis spallettae
  • †Palmatolepis subperlobata
    • †Palmatolepis subperlobata lapoensis Savage 2013
  • †Palmatolepis triangularis
  • †Palmatolepis unicornis

Use in stratigraphy

The Famennian (372.2 ± 1.6 mya) is defined by a GSSP Golden Spike located at Coumiac quarry, Montagne Noire, France where there is a biologic abundant occurrence of Palmatolepis triangularis.

During that stage, a biologic event occurred (Upper Kellwasser Extinction of all Ancyrodella and Ozarkodina and most Palmatolepis, Polygnathus and Ancyrognathus.

References
  1. Zur Kenntnis der Conodonten-Fauna des europäischen Devons. 1. Die Gattung Palmatolepis. KJ Müller, 1956
  2. Disparity Changes in 370 Ma Devonian Fossils: The Signature of Ecological Dynamics? Girard C and Renaud S (2012), PLoS ONE, 7(4): e36230, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0036230
  3. Locality and horizon: Upper part of the Grey Member, Ferques Formation, La Parisienne quarry (now flooded), Pas-de-Calais, France. Specimen from lowermost Ag. triangularis Conodont Zone, equivalent to late Palmatolepis hassi Zone (ca. 373 Ma, Frasnian).
  • Morphological variation of Palmatolepis Devonian conodonts: species versus genus. Catherine Girard, Sabrina Renaud and Aurélie Sérayet, Comptes Rendus Palevol, Volume 3, Issue 1, January 2004, Pages 1–8, doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2003.09.008 (article in French)
  • Shape Analysis of Frasnian Species of the Late Devonian Conodont Genus Palmatolepis. Gilbert Klapper and C. T. Foster, Jr., Memoir (The Paleontological Society), Vol. 32, Supplement to Vol. 67, no. 4 of the Journal of Paleontology (Jul., 1993), pages 1–35 (Stable URL, retrieved 2 May 2016)


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