Mazzaella (conodont)

Mazzaella is an extinct genus of ozarkodinid conodonts in the family Gondolellidae from the Late Triassic of Europe (Germany, Hungary, Italy) and Turkey.

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Mazzaella

Kiliç et al. 2015
Type species
Mazzaella carnica

It is a new genus for Epigondolella carnica Krystyn (1975). The genus also includes Metapolygnathus baloghi Kovacs (1977).[1]

The name is a tribute to Italian paleontologist Michele Mazza.

References

  1. The case of the Carnian (Triassic) conodont genus Metapolygnathus Hayashi. Ali Murat Kiliç, Pablo Plasencia, Keisuke Ishida and Francis Hirsch, Journal of Earth Science, 2015, volume 26 (2), pages 219–223, doi:10.1007/s12583-015-0534-y


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