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Taphrognathus

Extinct genus of jawless fishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Taphrognathus is an extinct genus of conodonts from the Dinantian (Lower Carboniferous).[2]

Phylum:Chordata
Infraphylum:Agnatha
Class:†Conodonta
Order:†Ozarkodinida
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Taphrognathus
Temporal range: Mississippian
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Infraphylum: Agnatha
Class: †Conodonta
Order: †Ozarkodinida
Family: †Cavusgnathidae
Genus: †Taphrognathus
Branson and Mehl, 1941[1]
Species
  • †Taphrognathus transatlanticus
  • †Taphrognathus varians
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In 1947 the name Taphrognathus was also used to describe a prehistoric amphibian from the Middle Triassic of Arizona, but the amphibian was renamed Hadrokkosaurus in 1957 after the synonymy was realized.[3]

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