''Budurovignathus'' is an extinct genus of

conodont Conodonts (Greek ''kōnos'', "cone", + ''odont'', "tooth") are an extinct group of agnathan (jawless) vertebrates resembling eels, classified in the class Conodonta. For many years, they were known only from their tooth-like oral elements, which ...

Use in stratigraphy

The

Ladinian The Ladinian is a stage and age in the Middle Triassic series or epoch. It spans the time between Ma and ~237 Ma (million years ago). The Ladinian was preceded by the Anisian and succeeded by the Carnian (part of the Upper or Late Triassic). ...

stage of the Middle Triassic is defined by the first appearance of ''Budurovignathus praehungaricus''. The global reference profile for the base (the GSSP) is at an outcrop in the river bed of the Caffaro river at

Bagolino Bagolino (Brescian: ) is a ''comune'' in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy, Italy, in the valley of the river Caffaro, on the right side of Valle Sabbia. Bagolino is known for the cheese named Bagòss and the carnival. Similar to grana padano ...

, in the province of Brescia, northern Italy.

References

* Revision of conodont genera Sephardiella March, Budurov, Hirsch and Marquez-Aliaga, 1988 and Budurovignathus Kozur, 1988. MN Sudar, Geologica Balcanica, 1989

External links

* * Conodont genera Triassic conodonts {{conodont-stub