Mehlina robustidentata (Dzik, 2006) from the K. crepida Zone at Jabłonna in the Holy Cross Mountains.

Apparatus composition of Mehlina robustidentata .

Diagnoza

P₁ element with numerous (15-20) robust denticles and long blade.

Porównanie

The species shows some similarities to Alternognathus pseudostrigosus from slightly younger strata (the oldest member of the Cavusgnathidae) and may be its ancestor. The change would involve development of a somewhat irregular platform in the P₁ element.

Autekologia

Występowanie geograficzne

Jabłonna and Łagów.

Zasięg czasowy

The late K. crepida to C. marginifera Zones.

Materiały muzealne

ZPAL: 426 specimens.

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.