''Budurovignathus'' is an extinct genus 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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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, 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
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Conodont genera
Triassic conodonts
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