Apparatus Architecture of Belodina (Conodonta): Interpretations Based on Fused Clusters of Belodina compressa (Branson and Mehl, 1933) from the Middle Ordovician (Turinian) Plattin Limestone of Missouri and Iowa

S. A. Leslie

1997

Article

Journal of Paleontology 71(5):921-926

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Taxa discussed in this work:

• Belodina compressa
• Belodina fornicalus
• Belodina grandis
• Belodina wykoffensis
• Conodonti
• Panderodontida
• Panderodontidae

Taxonomy:

• Polyplacognathus belongs to Balognathidae - Stouge (1984)
• Panderodontidae belongs to Panderodontida - Sweet (1988)
• Belodina belongs to Panderodontidae - Leslie (1997)
• Panderodontida belongs to Conodonta - Leslie (1997)
• Belodina compressa belongs to Belodina - Leslie (1997)
• Belodina grandis belongs to Belodina compressa - Leslie (1997)
• Belodina wykoffensis belongs to Belodina compressa - Leslie (1997)
• Belodina fornicalus belongs to Belodina compressa - Leslie (1997)