Acanthodus

Acanthodus is an extinct genus of conodonts.

Phylum:Chordata

Infraphylum:Agnatha

Class:†Conodonta

Order:†Protopanderodontida

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Acanthodus Temporal range: Late Cambrian–Early Ordovician PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
W: Acanthodus uncinatus Furnish; lateral view of non-serrate suberectiform element, from upper part of middle Gasconade Dolomites at Phillips Quarry, X 50, USNM 498518.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Infraphylum:	Agnatha
Class:	†Conodonta
Order:	†Protopanderodontida
Family:	†Acanthodontidae
Genus:	†Acanthodus Furnish, 1938[1]
Species
†Acanthodus costatus †Acanthodus humachensis †Acanthodus raqueli †Acanthodus uncinatus

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Acanthodus humachensis and A. raqueli are from then Late Cambrian (late Furongian) or early Ordovician (Tremadocian) of the Santa Rosita Formation in Argentina.^[2]