Kielan-Jaworowska, 1962

Author(s):Kielan-Jaworowska, Z.
Year:1962
Title:New Ordovician genera of polychaete jaw apparatuses
Journal:Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
Volume:7
Number:3-4
Pages:291-325
AbstractFive new Middle and Upper Ordovician gener a of polychaete jaw apparatuses from the erratic boulders of Poland are described. All are recorded within the superfamily Eunicea, Atraktoprion n. gen. and Skalenoprion n. gen. being of prionognatha type, Kalloprion n. gen. and Ramphoprion n. gen. of labidognatha type, Xanioprion n. gen. represents a new, so far unknown type of apparatus. Some new terms are introduced and there is a discussion on the numbering and homology of the jaws in some recent and fossil eunicid apparatuses.
Keywords:scolecodonts
URL:https://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app07/app07-291.pdf
New genera described:1. Ramphoprion Kielan-Jaworowska, 1962
2. Kalloprion Kielan-Jaworowska, 1962
3. Atraktoprion Kielan-Jaworowska, 1962
4. Skalenoprion Kielan-Jaworowska, 1962
New species described:1. Xanioprion borealis Kielan-Jaworowska, 1962
2. Ramphoprion elongatus Kielan-Jaworowska, 1962
3. Atraktoprion cornutus Kielan-Jaworowska, 1962
4. Skalenoprion alatus Kielan-Jaworowska, 1962
5. Kalloprion ovalis Kielan-Jaworowska, 1962