Cavusgnathidae is an extinct family 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, w ...
s 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 Ozark Mountains of Missouri
Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwester ...
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Genera
Genera are,
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Adetognathus''
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Cavusgnathus''
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Clydagnathus''
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Ferganaegnathodus''
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Neolochriea''
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Patrognathus
''Patrognathus'' is an extinct genus of conodonts.
Use in stratigraphy
The Tournaisian, the oldest age of the Mississippian
Mississippian may refer to:
* Mississippian (geology), a subperiod of the Carboniferous period in the geologic time ...
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Pseudopolygnathus''
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Rhachistognathus''
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Scaphignathus''
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Taphrognathus''
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Weyerognathus''
References
External links
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Ozarkodinida families
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