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Diopatraites
Classification
Phylum:
Annelida
Class:
Polychaetia
Order:
Errantida
Family:
Leodicidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Diopatraites ELLER, 1938
Type Species:
*D. conformis
Images
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Fig. 87,2. *D. conformis, Dev.(Potter Farm), Mich.; X9 (41).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
N.Am.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Ord.
Beginning International Stage:
Tremadocian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
486.85
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Dev.
Ending International Stage:
Famennian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
359.3
Description
Mandible consisting of 3-toothed frontal plate followed by tapering shaft with fine striae parallel to outer and posterior margins of plate; inner margin of plate straight, upper surface of shaft convex, lower side angular and concave
References
Eller, E. R., 1938, Scolecodonts from the Potter Farm Formation of the Devonian of Michigan: Carnegie Museum, Ann., v. 27, p. 275286, pl. 28-29.
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Annelida
Class:
Polychaetia
Order:
Errantida
Family:
Leodicidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Diopatraites ELLER, 1938
Type Species:
*D. conformis
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 87,2. *D. conformis, Dev.(Potter Farm), Mich.; X9 (41).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
N.Am.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Ord.
Beginning International Stage:
Tremadocian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
486.85
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Dev.
Ending International Stage:
Famennian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
359.3
Description
Mandible consisting of 3-toothed frontal plate followed by tapering shaft with fine striae parallel to outer and posterior margins of plate; inner margin of plate straight, upper surface of shaft convex, lower side angular and concave
References
Eller, E. R., 1938, Scolecodonts from the Potter Farm Formation of the Devonian of Michigan: Carnegie Museum, Ann., v. 27, p. 275286, pl. 28-29.