Neognathodus

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Neognathodus
Temporal range: Bashkirian–Moscovian
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Neognathodus

Species
  • Neognathodus askynensis
  • Neognathodus atokaensis
  • Neognathodus bassleri
  • Neognathodus colombiensis
  • Neognathodus medexultimus
  • Neognathodus roundyi
  • Neognathodus symmetricus
  • Neognathodus uralicus

Neognathodus is an extinct genus of conodonts.

Use in stratigraphy

The Bashkirian, the oldest age of the Pennsylvanian (also known as Upper Carboniferous), contains six biozones based on conodont index fossils, two of which contain Neognathodus species:

Contents

The base of the Moscovian, the second stage in the Pennsylvanian, can biostratigraphically be divided into five conodont biozones, three of which contain Neognathodus species:

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