Sylvester, Robert K. (1959). Scolecodonts from Central Missouri. Journal of Paleontology. 33(1): 33-49, plates 5-6.

497282

Sylvester, Robert K.

1959

33(1): 33-49, plates 5-6

Publication

https://www.jstor.org/stable/1300806

AnnelidaBase

Twenty-seven species of scolecodonts, seven of which are new, are described from the Upper Devonian Snyder Creek and the Lower Mississippian Chouteau formations of central Missouri. The schematic arrangement of the fossil groups of a nearly complete jaw apparatus illustrates its similarity to the recent annelid counterparts. Every major type of maxillary position is figured and described, and a standardized system of terminology is presented. Although no genus of scolecodonts is confined to one geologic period, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, and Mississippian groups can be differentiated on the basis of specific characters. The stratigraphic ranges of seven genera and ten species have been extended into the Mississippian as a result of this investigation.

America, North

Paleontology, Fossils, Paleobiology
Systematics, Taxonomy

Annelida
Polychaeta

RIS (EndNote, Reference Manager, ProCite, RefWorks)
BibTex (BibDesk, LaTeX)

[Back to search]