''Epigondolella'' is an extinct genus of

conodont Conodonts, are an extinct group of marine jawless vertebrates belonging to the class Conodonta (from Ancient Greek κῶνος (''kōnos''), meaning " cone", and ὀδούς (''odoús''), meaning "tooth"). They are primarily known from their hard ...

s in the family

Gondolellidae Gondolellidae is an extinct family of conodonts in the order Ozarkodinida Ozarkodinida is an extinct conodont order. It is part of the clade Prioniodontida, also known as the "complex conodonts". Name Ozarkodinida is named after the Ozark ...

Synonyms

'' Mazzaella'' is a new genus for ''Epigondolella carnica'' Krystyn (1975).

Use in stratigraphy

The top of the

Norian The Norian is a division of the Triassic geological period, Period. It has the rank of an age (geology), age (geochronology) or stage (stratigraphy), stage (chronostratigraphy). It lasted from ~227.3 to Mya (unit), million years ago. It was prec ...

(or the base of the

Rhaetian The Rhaetian is the latest age (geology), age of the Triassic period (geology), Period (in geochronology) or the uppermost stage (stratigraphy), stage of the Triassic system (stratigraphy), System (in chronostratigraphy). It was preceded by the N ...

, in the Late Triassic) is close to the first appearances of the conodonts ''

Misikella ''Misikella'' is an extinct genus of conodonts. Two species were named as type species for the genus in separate publications by the same authors in the same year (1974). The first paper named ''Misikella longidentata'', while the second named ...

'' spp. and ''Epigondolella mosheri''.

References

External links

* * Ozarkodinida genera Late Triassic fish Triassic conodonts {{conodont-stub