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Lochriea

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
†Conodonta

Phylum
  
Chordata

Genus
  
†LochrieaScott 1942

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Lochriea is an extinct genus of conodonts.

Use in stratigraphy

The Visean, the second age of the Mississippian, contains four conodont biozones, two of which contain Lochriea species:

  • the zone of Lochriea nodosa
  • the zone of Lochriea mononodosa
  • the zone of Gnathodus bilineatus
  • the zone of Gnathodus texanus

    • The Serpukhovian, the third or youngest age of the Mississippian, includes four conodont biozones, two of which contain Lochriea species:

  • the zone of Gnathodus postbilineatus
  • the zone of Gnathodus bollandensis
  • the zone of Lochriea cruciformis
  • the zone of Lochriea ziegleri

    • References

    Lochriea Wikipedia
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