Lochriea
| Lochriea Temporal range: Visean–Serpukhovian | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | †Conodonta |
| Genus: | †Lochriea Scott 1942[1] |
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Lochriea is an extinct genus of conodonts.
Use in stratigraphy
The Visean, the second age of the Mississippian, contains four conodont biozones, two of which contain Lochriea species:
- the zone of Lochriea nodosa
- the zone of Lochriea mononodosa
- the zone of Gnathodus bilineatus
- the zone of Gnathodus texanus
The Serpukhovian, the third or youngest age of the Mississippian, includes four conodont biozones, two of which contain Lochriea species:
- the zone of Gnathodus postbilineatus
- the zone of Gnathodus bollandensis
- the zone of Lochriea cruciformis
- the zone of Lochriea ziegleri
References
- ↑ Conodont Assemblages from the Heath Formation, Montana. Harold W. Scott, Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 16, No. 3 (May, 1942), pp. 293-300 (Stable URL)
External links
- Lochriea at the Encyclopedia of Life
- Lochriea at fossilworks.org (retrieved 5 July 2016)
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