Polygnathacea is an extinct superfamily of
conodont
Conodonts, are an extinct group of marine jawless vertebrates belonging to the class Conodonta (from Ancient Greek κῶνος (''kōnos''), meaning " cone", and ὀδούς (''odoús''), meaning "tooth"). They are primarily known from their hard ...
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Families
Families are:
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Cavusgnathidae
Cavusgnathidae is an extinct family of conodonts in the order Ozarkodinida
Ozarkodinida is an extinct conodont order. It is part of the clade Prioniodontida, also known as the "complex conodonts".
Name
Ozarkodinida is named after the Ozar ...
Clark ''et al.'', 1981
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Palmatolepidae
Palmatolepidae is an extinct conodont family. It is part of the clade Prioniodontida, also known as the "complex conodonts".Conodonts Meet Cladistics: Recovering Relationships and Assessing the Completeness of the Conodont Fossil Record. Philip ...
Müller, 1956
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Polygnathidae
Polygnathidae is an extinct family of conodonts.
References
External links
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Polygnathidaeat fossilworks
Fossilworks was a portal which provides query, download, and analysis tools to facilitate access to the Paleobiology Database, a ...
Bassler, 1925
References
* Ontogeny and trophic types of some Tournaisian Polygnathacea (Conodonta). AV Zhuravlev - Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, 1995
* Variation in the outline and distribution of epithelial cell imprints on the surface of polygnathacean conodont elements. AV Zhuravlev - Lethaia, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
* The architecture and function of Carboniferous polygnathacean conodont apparatuses. RJ Aldridge, MP Smith, RD Norby… - Palaeobiology of …, 1987 - Halsted Press
External links
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Polygnathaceaat
fossilworks
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History
Fossilworks was cr ...
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Vertebrate superfamilies
Ozarkodinida
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