Spathognathodus

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Spathognathodus
Temporal range: Pennsylvanian
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Spathognathodus

Branson & Mehl, 1941 [1]
Species
  • Spathognathodus coloradoensis
  • Spathognathodus cristulus
  • Spathognathodus ellisoni
  • Spathognathodus minutus
  • Spathognathodus ohioensis
  • Spathognathodus orphanus
  • Spathognathodus whitei
Synonyms

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]

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References

  1. 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)
  2. 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)