Appalachignathus
| Appalachignathus Temporal range: Middle Ordovician | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | †Conodonta |
| (unranked): | †Prioniodontida |
| Family: | †Rhipidognathidae[1] |
| Genus: | †Appalachignathus Bergström at al. 1974 |
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Appalachignathus is a genus of multielement conodonts from the Middle Ordovician of North America.[2]
The elements of Appalachignathus are amongst the first occurrences of the Ozarkodina-type feeding apparatuses.[2]
References
- ↑ Ordovician Rhipidognathid Conodonts from Australia and Iran. Yong Y. Zhen, Robert S. Nicoll, Ian G. Percival, Mir Alireza Hamedi and Ian Stewart, Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 75, No. 1 (Jan., 2001), pages 186-207 (Stable URL)
- 1 2 Bergström, S. M.; Carnes, J. B.; Ethington, R. L.; Votaw, R. B.; Wigley, P. B. (1974). "Appalachignathus, a New Multielement Conodont Genus from the Middle Ordovician of North America". Journal of Paleontology. Paleontological Society. 48 (2): 227–235. doi:10.2307/1303249 (inactive 2015-02-15). JSTOR 1303249.
External links
- Appalachignathus at the Encyclopedia of Life
- Appalachignathus at fossilworks.org (retrieved 18 June 2016)
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