Kingdom Animalia Suborder †Ozarkodinina Family †Palmatolepidae Order Ozarkodinida | Class †Conodonta Superfamily †Polygnathacea Phylum Chordata | |
Genus †Palmatolepis
Müller 1956 Similar Polygnathus, Conodont, Manticoceras, Cyrtospirifer, Stromatoporoidea | ||
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.
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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
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