Late Devonian Conodonts and Chondrichthyes from Taketai Formation in Western Junggar,NW China
Wang Zhihong
Zong Ruiwen
Gong Yiming
Wang Chengyuan
Abstract：The Devonian Famennian conodont and chondrichthy have been found from the newly established Taketai Formation which previously was assigned to the Early Carboniferous Hebukehe Formation in Halayemen region,western Junggar.Cono-dont fossils include 3 genera,6 species and 1 indeterminate species:Icriodus alternatus alternatus ,Icriodus cornutus ,Icriodus expansus,Icriodus sp.1,Icriodus sp.2,Polygnathus krestovnikovi ,Polygnathus procerus ,Polygnathus makhlinae ,Polyg-nathus sp.1,Polygnathus sp.2,Polygnathus sp.3,Ancyrognathus sp..Chondrichthyes include 2 genera:Protacrodus sp. and Phoebodus sp..It indicates that Taketai Formation belongs to early Famennian of Late Devonian.
Keywords：conodontchondrichthyTaketai FormationLate Devonianwestern Junggarpaleoenvironmentpaleontology
Publication Date：2015-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：9( 588-596 )