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New species and subspecies of Streptognathodus (Conodonta) from the Virgilian (Late Carboniferous) of Kansas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

Scott M. Ritter
Scott M. Ritter*
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602
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Abstract

Three new species and one new subspecies of Streptognathodus were discovered during systematic stratigraphic study of conodonts from Virgilian cyclothems of Kansas. Streptognathodus bitteri n. sp. characterizes faunas from the middle of the Plattsmouth Limestone but ranges into the upper Wabaunsee Group. Streptognathodus brownvillensis n. sp. is restricted to the Brownville Limestone. Streptognathodus holtensis n. sp. occurs in the Holt Shale, as well as the Church, Burlingame, Wakarusa, and Elmont Limestones. A new subspecies of S. pawhuskaensis (S. pawhuskaensis deflectus) was recovered from the lower half of the Shawnee Group.

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Research Article
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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 68 , Issue 4 , July 1994 , pp. 870 - 878
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Copyright © The Paleontological Society 

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