Protopanderodus gradatus Serpagli, 1974

Zhen, Yong Yi, Percival, Ian G. & Webby, Barry D., 2003, Early Ordovician Conodonts from Far Western New South Wales, Australia, Records of the Australian Museum 55 (2), pp. 169-220 : 204-207

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.3853/j.0067-1975.55.2003.1383
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scientific name	Protopanderodus gradatus Serpagli, 1974
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Protopanderodus gradatus Serpagli, 1974: 75 , pl. 15, figs. 5a– 8b, pl. 26, figs. 11–15, pl. 30, fig. 1a,b; text-fig. 17.

Protopanderodus gradatus .–Zhen et al., in press: pl. 5, figs. 1–10 (cum syn.).

Material. Ten specimens (4 Sb, 4 Sc, 2 Sd) from limestone nodules within shales of the upper Yandaminta Quartzite, and 69 specimens (11 Sa, 16 Sb, 17 Sc, 25 Sd) from the overlying Tabita Formation at Mount Arrowsmith ; 31 specimens (1 Sa, 7 Sb, 12 Sc, 11 Sd) from unnamed dolomitic limestone unit at Koonenberry Gap .

Remarks. This species was recently reported from the slightly older (upper P. elegans Zone ) Hensleigh Siltstone of central New South Wales, where five morphotypes were recognized (Zhen et al., in press). Four elements have been recovered from the western New South Wales samples, and are regarded as occupying S positions in the species apparatus. The Sa element (termed element “d” by Zhen et al., in press) is symmetrical or nearly so with a posterolateral costa and an anterolateral costa on each side ( Fig. 22A,H– J View Fig ). The Sb element (element “c” of Zhen et al., in press) is weakly asymmetrical, with a lateral costa on each side and slightly inner laterally curved cusp ( Fig. 22C,D View Fig ). Specimens referred to as element “b” by Zhen et al. (in press) may represent a variant of the Sb element ; they are not recognized here. The Sc element is strongly asymmetrical with a smooth outer face and a costate inner face ( Fig. 22E,F View Fig ). It is similar to element “a” from the Hensleigh Siltstone, but the latter is more strongly twisted with a smooth inner face and a costate outer face. The Sd element (element “e” of Zhen et al., in press) is similar to the Sa with a posterolateral costa and an additional anterolateral costa on each side, but apparently asymmetrical ( Fig. 22B,G,K View Fig ).

Our specimens are identical with the type material from the San Juan Formation of Argentina ( Serpagli, 1974). In lateral view, elements of P. gradatus from the Hensleigh Siltstone are less laterally compressed with the basal margins more or less straight, rather than gently curved as shown by the types from the Argentine Precordillera .

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Conodonta
Order	Conodontophorida
Family	Protopanderodontidae
Genus	Protopanderodus