Lochriea

Lochriea
Temporal range: Visean–Serpukhovian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Infraphylum: Agnatha
Class: †Conodonta
Order: †Ozarkodinida
Superfamily: †Polygnathacea
Genus: †Lochriea
Scott, 1942
Species[citation needed]
  • †Lochriea costata
  • †Lochriea commutata (P1 type element)
  • †Lochriea cruciformis
  • †Lochriea monocostata
  • †Lochriea montanaensis (M type element)
  • †Lochriea monocarinata
  • †Lochriea mononodosa
  • †Lochriea multinodosa
  • †Lochriea nodosa
  • †Lochriea saharae
  • †Lochriea scotiaensis
  • †Lochriea senkenbergica
  • †Lochriea ziegleri

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 are named after Lochriea species:

The Serpukhovian, the third or youngest age of the Mississippian, includes three conodont biozones, one of which is named after Lochriea species:

References

  1. ↑ Scott, Harold W. (1942). "Conodont Assemblages from the Heath Formation, Montana". Journal of Paleontology. 16 (3): 293–300. JSTOR 1298905.
  2. ↑ Zhuravlev, Andrey V. (2024-11-21). "A new species, Lochriea monocarinata n. sp., and its position in the morphospace of the genus Lochriea Scott, 1942 (Conodonta, Mississippian)". Geodiversitas. 46 (18). doi:10.5252/geodiversitas2024v46a18. ISSN 1280-9659.