Iapetonudus
Extinct genus of jawless fishes
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Iapetonudus is an extinct genus of conodonts.
| Iapetonudus Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Infraphylum: | Agnatha |
| Class: | †Conodonta |
| Order: | †Proconodontida |
| Genus: | †Iapetonudus Nicoll at al, 1999[1] |
| Species | |
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†Iapetonudus ibexensis[2] | |
Like other members of its genus, Iapetognathus fluctivagus had ramiform (branching) array of elements (apparatus). It is believed that the ramiform apparatus in Iapetognathus fluctivagus evolved from the coniform (cone-like) apparatus of Iapetonudus ibexensis.[3]
See also
- Iapetus Ocean, an ocean that existed in the late Neoproterozoic and early Paleozoic eras of the geologic timescale (between 600 and 400 million years ago)
