Ozarkodina
Extinct genus of jawless fishes
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ozarkodina is an extinct genus of conodonts in the family Spathognathodontidae.
| Ozarkodina | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Infraphylum: | Agnatha |
| Class: | †Conodonta |
| Order: | †Ozarkodinida |
| Family: | †Spathognathodontidae |
| Genus: | †Ozarkodina Branson and Mehl 1933[1] |
| Species | |
| |
Use in stratigraphy
Ozarkodina snajdri forms a subdivision of the Pseudomonoclimacis latilobus graptolite zone in the Burgsvik beds Silurian formation in Sweden.[2] An Ozarkodina snajdri crispa zone has also been identified in the Wills Creek in Virginia.[3]
Ozarkodina derenjalensis is found in the Silurian of the Niur Formation in Iran.[4]
The Kellwasser event in the Devonian which saw the extinction of all Ozarkodina species is reported in the list of Global Boundary Stratotype Sections and Points.
