A new Metapolygnathus platform conodont species and its implications for Upper Carnian global correlations

• Autorzy: Mazza M. , Rigo M. , Nicora A.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

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A rich conodont fauna from two Neotethyan sections, Pizzo Mondello (western Sicily, Italy) and Pignola 2 sections (southern Apennines, Italy) includes conodonts described herein as a new species. Metapolygnathus praecommunisti sp. nov. is transitional between Paragondolella noah and Metapolygnathus communisti. The genus Metapolygnathus (including M. praecommunisti) is now characterised by posterior prolongation of the keel termination, associated with a centrally located pit and with a weak ornamentation confined to the anterior part of the platform margins. The establishment of M. praecommunisti addresses the problems related to the origin and the peculiar, probably facies−controlled, distribution of its descendant species M. communisti. Since M. praecommunisti occurs in the entire Tethys and in North America, we propose the species as a good guide fossil for global correlations, characterised by a short temporal range limited to the uppermost Tuvalian (upper Carnian). The stratigraphic occurrence of the genus Metapolygnathus is restricted to the Tuvalian–Lacian (upper Carnian–lower Norian), excluding its presence in the Julian substage (lower Carnian).

Słowa kluczowe

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Carnian; Conodonta; Late Triassic; Metapolygnathus; Metapolygnathus praecommunisti; stratigraphy; Triassic; conodont; geological setting; new species; paleontology; phylogenesis; systematics; holotype; Paragondolella noah; gondolellid conodont

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
• Rocznik: 2011
• Tom: 56
• Numer: 1
• Opis fizyczny: p.121-131,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

autor

Mazza M.

• Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra “Ardito Desio”, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Mangiagalli 34, I-20133 Milano, Italy

autor

Rigo M.

autor

Nicora A.

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