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Karatajūtė-Talimaa, 1997

Taxonomy of loganiid thelodonts

Karatajūtė-Talimaa, V.
Year1997
JournalModern Geology
Volume21
Number1/2
Pages1-15
Typearticle in journal
LanguageEnglish
Id1787

Abstract

The taxonomy of loganiid thelodonts is specified. Three new genera are established. Sandivia gen. nov. from the Late Ordovician of the Timan-Pechora Province is the most ancient thelodont genus known to date. The genus Angaralepis gen. nov. is based on Logania moskalenkoae Karatajūtė-Talimaa 1978 from the Middle Llandovery the Siberian Platform. The body scales of the genera Sandivia and Angaralepis are characterised by peculiar morphology, with a posterior anchor-like section of crown and a base which is very low or absent. The genus "Logania", established by W. Gross in 1967, is subdivided into two genera: Loganellia Turner 1991 and Paralogania gen. nov. To the genus Loganellia are ascribed all species in which the crown of body scales is compact and consists of a central length-wise section and entire longitudinal ribs (up to 3 pairs). The 'break-up' (dispersion) of longitudinal ribs of crowns in longitudinal rows of thornlets (spines) is characteristic for body scales of the new genus Paralogania.

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