Spathognathodus
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Extinct genus of jawless fishes
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Infraphylum: | Agnatha |
| Class: | †Conodonta |
| Order: | †Ozarkodinida |
| Family: | †Spathognathodontidae |
| Genus: | †Spathognathodus Branson & Mehl, 1941[1] |
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Spathodus Branson and Mehl, 1933 (preoccupied by Spathodus Boulenger, 1900) | |
Spathognathodus is an extinct conodont genus in the family Spathognathodontidae. It is a non-Platform conodont, from the Pennsylvanian (Carboniferous).[2]
- ↑ Ctenognathodus Fay, 1959 or Spathognathodus Branson & Mehl, 1941? Willi Ziegler, Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 35, No. 6 (Nov., 1961), pages 1236-1238 (Stable URL retrieved 3 May 2016)
- ↑ Pennsylvanian Nonplatform Conodont Genera, I: Spathognathodus. Glen K. Merrill, Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 47, No. 2 (Mar., 1973), pages 289-314 (Stable URL, retrieved 04 May 2016)
External links
- Spathognathodus at fossilworks.org (retrieved 4 May 2016)
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