Diagnoza

At least some large S_3-4 elements show angular twisting of the external process, otherwise generalized morphology of the apparatus;

Derivation of name: Referring to the ‘ruptured’ appearance of the external process in a ramiform element.

Porównanie

Most of the collected Idioprioniodus specimens are juvenile. Only sample Md-14 from Miedzianka yielded fragmentary but mature elements that show the unique morphology of S_3-4 elements. The origin of the species is cryptic; somewhat similar forms are known among Frasnian Pluckidina species

Autekologia

Występowanie geograficzne

The C. marginifera to D. trigonica Zones at Kowala, Miedzianka and Ostrówka.

Zasięg czasowy

Materiały muzealne

905 specimens, some of questionable affinities.

Literatura

Dzik, J. 2006. The Famennian "Golden Age" of conodonts and ammonoids in the Polish part of the Variscan sea. Palaeontologia Polonica 63, 1-359.