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Phoenixites
''Phoenixites'' is an early (Late Devonian) genus of the Falcitornoceratinae, a subfamily of the goniatitid Tornoceratidae family. This genus was named by Becker in 1995. The type species is ''"Tornoceras" frechi''. The shell of ''Phoenixites'' is discoidal, on which constrictions may be present. Growth lines are strongly biconvex in juvenile stages, later with shallow a lateral sinus. ''Phoenixites'' may have contained the ancestor of ''Falcitornoceras'' which likely gave rise to ''Gundolficeras'', all members of the Falcitornoceratinae. Biostratigraphic significance The International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS) has assigned the First Appearance Datum of ''Phoenixites frechi'' as the defining biological marker for the start of the Famennian Stage, 372.2 ± 1.6 million years ago, the final stage of the Devonian. This lower limit is also defined by the Upper Kellwasser Extinction, when the conodont genera ''Ancyrodella'', and ''Ozarkodina'' and many species of ''Palmat ...
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List Of Global Boundary Stratotype Sections And Points
This is a list of Global Boundary Stratotype Sections and Points. Since 1977, Global Boundary Stratotype Sections and Points (abbreviated GSSPs) are internationally agreed upon reference points on stratigraphic sections of rock which define the lower boundaries of stages on the geologic time scale. They are selected by the International Commission on Stratigraphy based on multiple factors, but their accessibility and the degree to which they are representative of the same boundary on sections worldwide are among the most important. Since GSSPs require well-preserved sections of rock without interruptions in sedimentation, and since most are defined by different stages of animal life, defining them becomes progressively more difficult as one goes further back in time. Organization of this list This list is divided first into the geologic eras of the Phanerozoic (the Cenozoic, the Mesozoic, and the Paleozoic) and then into the geologic periods of each era. Each period is marke ...
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Tornoceratidae
Tornoceratidae is a family of goniatitid ammonoids from the middle and upper Devonian. The family is included in the suborder Tornoceratina and the superfamily Tornoceratoidea. Tornoceratids are subdiscoidal goniatitids with biconvex growth lines and sutures that form 6 to 10 lobes, the ventral one undivided, the lateral ones originating as subdivisions of external and internal lateral saddle. They are derived from the Anarcestida. Taxonomy Tornoceratidae as now understood is essentially the Tornoceratidae of Arthaber (1911) described in the American Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, revised to include three subfamilies, the Tornoceratinae, Aulatornoceratinae, and Falcitornoceratinae. Miller ''et al''. (1957) included the Tornoceratidae without subfamilies in the Cheilocerataceae, a superfaminily in the Goniatitida which also includes the Cheiloceratidae. Tornoceratinae is based on the genus ''Tornoceras'' described by Alpheus Hyatt in 1884. Aulatornocera ...
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Falcitornoceras
''Falcitornoceras'' is a goniatitid ammonite from the Late Devonian, early Famennian The Famennian is the latter of two faunal stages in the Late Devonian Epoch. The most recent estimate for its duration estimates that it lasted from around 371.1 million years ago to 359.3 million years ago. An earlier 2012 estimate, still used b ..., that has been found in France and Spain. ''Falcitornoceras'' was named by House and Price, 1985, and is the type genus for the subfamily Falcitornoceratinae. The shell of ''Falcitornoceras'' is strongly involute, lacking an umbilicus. Juvenile stages have falcate ribs which cross the ventral rim; the ventro-lateral area bears weak to strong furrows. The adventitious lobe, high on the flank, is rounded or subacute and the lateral lobe has an inconspicuous saddle at the umbilical seam. ''Falcitornoceras'' is slightly older than '' Gundolficeras'' and somewhat younger than '' Phoenixites'', close relatives, although temporally overlapping both. ...
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Falcitornoceratinae
Falcitornoceratinae is one of three subfamilies of the Tornoceratidae family, a member of the Goniatitida Goniatids, informally goniatites, are Ammonoidea, ammonoid cephalopods that form the order Goniatitida, derived from the more primitive Agoniatitida during the Middle Devonian some 390 million years ago (around Eifelian stage). Goniatites (goniat ... order. Shells produced are extremely involute and have no umbilicus. Young and intermediate whorls have ventrolateral grooves. The adventitious lobe, which develops ontogenetically between the external, or ventral, and lateral lobes, is widely rounded. Tornoceratids in which the Falcitornoceratinae are included are involute, subdiscoidal, with sutures that form 6 to 10 lobes. References *Falcitornoceratinae inGONIAT6/9/12 Falcitornoceratinaein Paleobiology Database, 6/9/12 Tornoceratidae Late Devonian first appearances Late Devonian animals Famennian extinctions {{Goniatitida-stub ...
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Devonian
The Devonian ( ) is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic era, spanning 60.3 million years from the end of the Silurian, million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Carboniferous, Mya. It is named after Devon, England, where rocks from this period were first studied. The first significant adaptive radiation of life on dry land occurred during the Devonian. Free-sporing vascular plants began to spread across dry land, forming extensive forests which covered the continents. By the middle of the Devonian, several groups of plants had evolved leaves and true roots, and by the end of the period the first seed-bearing plants appeared. The arthropod groups of myriapods, arachnids and hexapods also became well-established early in this period, after starting their expansion to land at least from the Ordovician period. Fish reached substantial diversity during this time, leading the Devonian to often be dubbed the Age of Fishes. The placoderms began domina ...
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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. Species * †''Palmatolepis glabra'' * †''Palmatolepis hassi''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). * †''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 ''Palmatol ...
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Goniatitida Genera
Goniatids, informally goniatites, are ammonoid cephalopods that form the order Goniatitida, derived from the more primitive Agoniatitida during the Middle Devonian some 390 million years ago (around Eifelian stage). Goniatites (goniatitids) survived the Late Devonian extinction to flourish during the Carboniferous and Permian only to become extinct at the end of the Permian some 139 million years later. Morphology All goniatites possessed an external shell, which is divided internally into chambers filled with gas giving it buoyancy during the life of the animal. An open chamber at the front of the shell provided living space for the goniatitid animal, with access to open water through a ventral siphuncle. The general morphology and habit of goniatites was probably similar to that of their later relatives the ammonites, being free swimming and possessing a head with two well developed eyes and arms (or tentacles). Goniatite shells are small to medium in size, almost always ...
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Late Devonian Ammonites
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Ancyrognathus
''Ancyrognathus'' is an extinct genus of conodonts. During the Famennian The Famennian is the latter of two faunal stages in the Late Devonian Epoch. The most recent estimate for its duration estimates that it lasted from around 371.1 million years ago to 359.3 million years ago. An earlier 2012 estimate, still used b ... stage of the Late Devonian, a biologic event occurred (Upper Kellwasser Extinction of all '' Ancyrodella'' and '' Ozarkodina'' and most '' Palmatolepis'', '' Polygnathus'' and ''Ancyrognathus''). References External links * * Conodont genera Devonian conodonts Paleozoic life of Ontario {{conodont-stub ...
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Polygnathus
''Polygnathus'' is an extinct genus of conodonts. Species * †''Polygnathus acrinodosus'' Aboussalam 2003 * †''Polygnathus alkhovikovae'' Baranov, Slavík & Blodgett 2014 in paleontology, 2014 * †''Polygnathus angustipennatus'' Bischoff and Ziegler 1957 * †''Polygnathus aragonensis'' Martínez-Pérez & Valenzuela-Ríos 2014 in paleontology, 2014 * †''Polygnathus arthuri'' Baranov, Slavík & Blodgett 2014 in paleontology, 2014 * †''Polygnathus bardashevi'' Baranov, Slavík & Blodgett 2014 in paleontology, 2014 * †''Polygnathus bicristatus'' Mossoni et al. 2015 in paleontology, 2015 * †''Polygnathus burretti'' Savage 2013 in paleontology, 2013 * †''Polygnathus chongqingensis'' Wang in Gong et al. 2012 in paleontology, 2012 * †''Polygnathus carlsi'' Martínez-Pérez & Valenzuela-Ríos 2014 in paleontology, 2014 * †''Polygnathus communis'' ** †''Polygnathus communis hanensis'' Savage 2013 in paleontology, 2013 ** †''Polygnathus communis longanensis'' Qie ...
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Late Devonian Extinction
The Late Devonian extinction consisted of several extinction events in the Late Devonian Epoch (geology), Epoch, which collectively represent one of the five largest extinction event, mass extinction events in the history of life on Earth. The term primarily refers to a major extinction, the Kellwasser event (also known as the Frasnian-Famennian extinction), which occurred around 372 million years ago, at the boundary between the Frasnian stage and the Famennian stage, the last Stage (stratigraphy), stage in the Devonian Period.Racki, 2005McGhee, George R. Jr, 1996. The Late Devonian Mass Extinction: the Frasnian/Famennian Crisis (Columbia University Press) Overall, 19% of all families and 50% of all genera became extinct. A second mass extinction, the Hangenberg event (also known as the end-Devonian extinction), occurred 359 million years ago, bringing an end to the Famennian and Devonian, as the world transitioned into the Carboniferous, Carboniferous Period. Although it is we ...
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Ozarkodina
''Ozarkodina'' is an extinct genus of conodonts in the family Spathognathodontidae. Use in stratigraphy ''Ozarkodina snajdri'' forms a subdivision of the '' Pseudomonoclimacis'' latilobus graptolite zone in the Burgsvik beds Silurian formation in Sweden. An ''Ozarkodina snajdri crispa'' zone has also been identified in the Wills Creek in Virginia. ''Ozarkodina derenjalensis'' is found in the Silurian of the Niur Formation in Iran.A new early Silurian prioniodontid conodont with three P elements from Iran and associated species. Peep Männik, C. Giles Miller and Vachik Hairapetian, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2015, volume 60, issue 3, pages 733–746, The Kellwasser event in the Devonian which saw the extinction of all ''Ozarkodina'' species is reported in the list of Global Boundary Stratotype Sections and Points. References External links ''Ozarkodina''at fossilworks Fossilworks is a portal which provides query, download, and analysis tools to facilitate acc ...
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