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Polygnathus xylus ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	384255	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=384255

Rank

species (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Conodonta : Ozarkodinida : Polygnathidae : Polygnathus : Polygnathus xylus

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
class	Conodonta	Eichenberg 1930
-	Prioniodontida	Dzik 1976
order	Ozarkodinida	Dzik 1976
suborder	Ozarkodinina	Dzik 1976
superfamily	Polygnathacea	Bassler 1925
family	Polygnathidae	Bassler 1925
genus	Polygnathus	Hinde 1879
species	Polygnathus xylus	Stauffer 1940

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Polygnathus xylus	species	belongs to Polygnathus	stated with evidence	Branson and Mehl, 1938

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

393 - 388 Ma
Devonian

Last Recorded Appearance

383 - 372 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian

Environment

marine (based on Vertebrata)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Conodonta)

Vision

well-developed (based on Conodonta)

Diet

carnivore (based on Conodonta)

Taphonomy

hydroxylapatite (based on Conodonta)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

R. Özkan, N. Nazik, and A. Munnecke, D. G. Saydam Demiray, E. Schindler, T. Aydin Özbek, E. Şeker Zor, I. Yilmaz, R. Brocke, R. H. Sancay, V. Wilde, M. N. Yalçın. 2019. Givetian/Frasnian (Middle/Upper Devonian) transition in the eastern Taurides, Turkey. Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences 28:207-231

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Polygnathus xylus xylus ✝ subspecies	listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1938	Polygnathus xylus Branson and Mehl
1940	Polygnathus xylus Stauffer

References

Özkan R., Nazik N., et al (2019) Givetian/Frasnian (Middle/Upper Devonian) transition in the eastern Taurides, Turkey, Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences 28, 207-231 doi:10.3906/yer-1804-20

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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