Mazzaella (conodont)

Mazzaella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Conodonta
(unranked): Prioniodontida
Order: Ozarkodinida
Family: Gondolellidae
Genus: Mazzaella
Kiliç et al. 2015
Type species
Mazzaella carnica

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

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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