Ellisoniidae 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, a kind of primitive
chordate
A chordate () is an animal of the phylum Chordata (). All chordates possess, at some point during their larval or adult stages, five synapomorphies, or primary physical characteristics, that distinguish them from all the other taxa. These five ...
.
Genera
Genera are:
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Ellisonia''
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Foliella''
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Hadrodontina''
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Parapachycladina''
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Parafurnishius''
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Stepanovites''
References
External links
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Ellisoniidaeat
fossilworks
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History
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.org (retrieved 22 April 2016)
Conodont families
Prioniodinida
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