Polygnathacea is an extinct superfamily 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 ...
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Families
Families are,
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Cavusgnathidae
Cavusgnathidae is an extinct family of conodonts in the order Ozarkodinida.
Genera
Genera are,
* †'' Adetognathus''
* †'' Cavusgnathus''
* †'' Clydagnathus''
* †'' Ferganaegnathodus''
* †'' Neolochriea''
* †''Patrognathus
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Clark ''et al.'', 1981
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Palmatolepidae
Palmatolepidae is an extinct conodont family. It is part of the clade Prioniodontida, also known as the "complex conodonts".Conodonts Meet Cladistics: Recovering Relationships and Assessing the Completeness of the Conodont Fossil Record. Philip ...
Müller, 1956
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Polygnathidae
Polygnathidae is an extinct family of conodonts.
References
External links
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Polygnathidaeat fossilworks
Fossilworks is a portal which provides query, download, and analysis tools to facilitate access to the Paleobiology Database, a l ...
Bassler, 1925
References
* Ontogeny and trophic types of some Tournaisian Polygnathacea (Conodonta). AV Zhuravlev - Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, 1995
* Variation in the outline and distribution of epithelial cell imprints on the surface of polygnathacean conodont elements. AV Zhuravlev - Lethaia, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
* The architecture and function of Carboniferous polygnathacean conodont apparatuses. RJ Aldridge, MP Smith, RD Norby… - Palaeobiology of …, 1987 - Halsted Press
External links
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Polygnathaceaat
fossilworks
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Vertebrate superfamilies
Ozarkodinida
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