Westergaardodinidae

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Westergaardodinidae
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Westergaardodinidae

Müller 1959 [1]
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Westergaardodinidae is an extinct family of conodonts in the order Paraconodontida.

It consists of the genus Westergaardodina .

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References

  1. Kambrische Conodonten. Klaus J. Müller, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft Band 111 (1959), pages 434-485