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Lochriea

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Lochriea
Temporal range: Visean–Serpukhovian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Infraphylum: Agnatha
Class: Conodonta
Order: Ozarkodinida
Superfamily: Polygnathacea
Genus: Lochriea
Scott, 1942[1]
Species[citation needed]
  • Lochriea costata
  • Lochriea commutata (P1 type element)
  • Lochriea cruciformis
  • Lochriea monocostata
  • Lochriea montanaensis (M type element)
  • Lochriea mononodosa
  • Lochriea multinodosa
  • Lochriea nodosa
  • Lochriea saharae
  • Lochriea scotiaensis
  • Lochriea senkenbergica
  • Lochriea ziegleri

Lochriea is an extinct genus of conodonts.

Use in stratigraphy

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The Visean, the second age of the Mississippian, contains four conodont biozones, two of which are named after Lochriea species:

  • the zone of Lochriea nodosa
  • the zone of Gnathodus bilineatus
  • the zone of Lochriea commutata
  • the zone of Pseudognathodus homopunctatus

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

  • the zone of Gnathodus postbilineatus
  • the zone of Gnathodus bollandensis
  • the zone of Lochriea ziegleri

References

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  1. ^ Scott, Harold W. (1942). "Conodont Assemblages from the Heath Formation, Montana". Journal of Paleontology. 16 (3): 293–300. JSTOR 1298905.
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