Conodonts,as a biotic group,next to ammonoids,pollen and spores,crustaceans and vertebrates,provide proxy clues for environment and age assessments of the rocks in which they occur.Conodonts are widely used for Triass...Conodonts,as a biotic group,next to ammonoids,pollen and spores,crustaceans and vertebrates,provide proxy clues for environment and age assessments of the rocks in which they occur.Conodonts are widely used for Triassic marine biostratigraphy.However,there are various discussions about their multielement taxonomy and evolutionary lineages(e.g.,generation,speciation).Although first studies reported that most Triassic conodont species were unimembrate,studies carried out in the following years maintained that all Triassic conodonts were multimembrate.Although statistical reconstructions of a number of Triassic apparatuses were attempted,the discovery of fused clusters and natural assemblages has subsequently demonstrated that Triassic conodonts are indeed multimembrate,and all of the elements exist together in the same apparatus.The present paper aims to clarify the evolutionary relationship and array of some Lower Triassic conodonts.Columbitella dagisi n.sp.is described.展开更多
The present study of Anisian(Middle Triassic)conodonts from the Kocaeli Peninsula(western Turkey)encompasses over 10 species of the families Gondolellidae and Gladigondolellidae,providing Early and Middle Triassic tim...The present study of Anisian(Middle Triassic)conodonts from the Kocaeli Peninsula(western Turkey)encompasses over 10 species of the families Gondolellidae and Gladigondolellidae,providing Early and Middle Triassic time constraints,Chiosella timorensis(Nogami,1968);Cornudina oezdemirae Gedik,1975;Gladigondolella tethydis(Huckriede,1958);Neostrachanognathus tahoensis Koike,1998;Paragondolella aegaea(Bender,1970);Paragondolella bulgarica Budurov and Stefanov,1975;Nicoraella kockeli(Tatge,1956);P.hanbulogi(Sudar and Budurov,1979),and Gladigondolella sp.A.Newly established are Paragondolella hirschii n.sp.Kilic and Budurov;P.praecornuta n.sp.Kilic ,Budurov,Petrunova and Mirauta;and P.ebruae n.sp.K?l??.The Kocaeli Anisian conodonts show a faunal affinity with Bulgaria.The present Anisian fauna is characteristic of the Tethys.The strong homeomorphy that characterizes the Anisian in western North America is discussed.展开更多
文摘Conodonts,as a biotic group,next to ammonoids,pollen and spores,crustaceans and vertebrates,provide proxy clues for environment and age assessments of the rocks in which they occur.Conodonts are widely used for Triassic marine biostratigraphy.However,there are various discussions about their multielement taxonomy and evolutionary lineages(e.g.,generation,speciation).Although first studies reported that most Triassic conodont species were unimembrate,studies carried out in the following years maintained that all Triassic conodonts were multimembrate.Although statistical reconstructions of a number of Triassic apparatuses were attempted,the discovery of fused clusters and natural assemblages has subsequently demonstrated that Triassic conodonts are indeed multimembrate,and all of the elements exist together in the same apparatus.The present paper aims to clarify the evolutionary relationship and array of some Lower Triassic conodonts.Columbitella dagisi n.sp.is described.
文摘The present study of Anisian(Middle Triassic)conodonts from the Kocaeli Peninsula(western Turkey)encompasses over 10 species of the families Gondolellidae and Gladigondolellidae,providing Early and Middle Triassic time constraints,Chiosella timorensis(Nogami,1968);Cornudina oezdemirae Gedik,1975;Gladigondolella tethydis(Huckriede,1958);Neostrachanognathus tahoensis Koike,1998;Paragondolella aegaea(Bender,1970);Paragondolella bulgarica Budurov and Stefanov,1975;Nicoraella kockeli(Tatge,1956);P.hanbulogi(Sudar and Budurov,1979),and Gladigondolella sp.A.Newly established are Paragondolella hirschii n.sp.Kilic and Budurov;P.praecornuta n.sp.Kilic ,Budurov,Petrunova and Mirauta;and P.ebruae n.sp.K?l??.The Kocaeli Anisian conodonts show a faunal affinity with Bulgaria.The present Anisian fauna is characteristic of the Tethys.The strong homeomorphy that characterizes the Anisian in western North America is discussed.
