''Ellisonia'' is an extinct genus of
conodont
Conodonts ( Greek ''kōnos'', " cone", + ''odont'', " tooth") are an extinct group of agnathan (jawless) vertebrates resembling eels, classified in the class Conodonta. For many years, they were known only from their tooth-like oral elements, w ...
s in the family
Ellisoniidae
Ellisoniidae is an extinct family of conodonts, a kind of primitive chordate.
Genera
Genera are:
* †'' Ellisonia''
* †'' Foliella''
* †'' Hadrodontina''
* †'' Parapachycladina''
* †'' Parafurnishius''
* †'' Stepanovites''
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[A natural assemblage of Ellisonia sp. cf. E. triassica Müller (Vertebrata: Conodonta) from the uppermost Permian in the ]Suzuka Mountains
are a mountain range running through Mie Prefecture and along the borders of Gifu and Shiga prefectures in central Japan. The tallest peak in the range is Mount Oike at . In spite of its height, Mount Oike is not the most visited mountain; that ...
, central Japan. Toshio Koike, Satoshi Yamakita and Naoki Kadota, Paleontological Research, 8(4), pages 241-253, 2004,
References
* Bibliography of conodonts. by Samuel P Ellison (1977)
External links
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''Ellisonia''at
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Prioniodinida genera
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