''Iapetonudus'' is an extinct genus of conodonts.
Like other members of its genus, ''
Iapetognathus fluctivagus
''Iapetognathus fluctivagus'' is a species of denticulate cordylodan conodonts belonging to the genus '' Iapetognathus''. It existed during the Tremadocian Age ( million years ago) of the Ordovician. It is an important index fossil in biostrat ...
'' had ramiform (branching) array of elements (apparatus). It is believed that the ramiform apparatus in ''Iapetognathus fluctivagus'' evolved from the coniform (cone-like) apparatus of ''Iapetonudus ibexensis''.
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Iapetus Ocean
The Iapetus Ocean (; ) existed in the late Neoproterozoic and early Paleozoic eras of the geologic timescale (between 600 and 400 million years ago). It was in the southern hemisphere, between the paleocontinents of Laurentia, Baltica and Avalon ...
, an ocean that existed in the late Neoproterozoic and early Paleozoic eras of the geologic timescale (between 600 and 400 million years ago)
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Proconodontida genera
Early Ordovician animals
Ordovician conodonts
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