Palmatolepis

Palmatolepis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	†Conodonta
Order:	†Ozarkodinida
Suborder:	†Ozarkodinina
Superfamily:	†Polygnathacea
Family:	†Palmatolepidae
Genus:	†Palmatolepis Müller 1956
Species
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Palmatolepis is an extinct conodont genus in the family Palmatolepidae. It was the most abundant conodont of the Late Devonian, disappearing during the Devonian/Carboniferous crisis.^[1]

Species

• †Palmatolepis glabra
• †Palmatolepis hassi^[2]
• †Palmatolepis khaensis Savage 2013
• †Palmatolepis marki Savage 2013
• †Palmatolepis subperlobata
  • †Palmatolepis subperlobata lapoensis Savage 2013
• †Palmatolepis triangularis

See also

• List of Global Boundary Stratotype Sections and Points

References

1. 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
2. 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 02 May 2016)

External links

• Palmatolepis at the Encyclopedia of Life
• Palmatolepis at fossilworks.org (retrieved 02 May 2016)