Epigondolella

Epigondolella; Temporal range: Late Triassic PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	†Conodonta
(unranked):	†Prioniodontida
Order:	†Ozarkodinida
Family:	†Gondolellidae
Genus:	†Epigondolella; Mosher, 1968
Species
	†Epigondolella abneptis; †Epigondolella heinzi Mazza, Cau & Rigo 2012; †Epigondolella miettoi Mazza, Cau & Rigo 2012; †Epigondolella mosheri (Kozur and Mostler 1971);

Epigondolella is an extinct genus of conodonts in the family Gondolellidae.

Synonyms

Mazzaella is a new genus for Epigondolella carnica Krystyn (1975).

Use in stratigraphy

The top of the Norian (or the base of the Rhaetian, in the Late Triassic) is close to the first appearances of the conodonts Misikella spp. and Epigondolella mosheri.

References

^ Triassic conodonts from western North America and Europe and their correlation. LC Mosher, Journal of Paleontology, Volume 42, No. 4 (Jul., 1968), pages 895-946 (Stable URL, retrieved 13 June 2016)
^ ^a ^b Application of numerical cladistic analyses to the Carnian–Norian conodonts: a new approach for phylogenetic interpretations. Michele Mazza; Andrea Cau; Manuel Rigo, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 2012, 10 (3), pages 401–422, doi:10.1080/14772019.2011.573584