''Rossodus'' 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 ...

s in the clade

Prioniodontida Prioniodontida, also known as the "complex conodonts", is a large clade of conodonts that includes two major evolutionary grades; the Prioniodinina and the Ozarkodinina. It includes many of the more famous conodonts, such as the giant ordovician ...

, the "complex conodonts", of the

Early Ordovician The Early Ordovician is the first epoch (geology), epoch of the Ordovician period, corresponding to the Lower Ordovician series (stratigraphy), series of the Ordovician system. It began after the Cambrian Stage 10, Age 10 of the Furongian epoch o ...

Species

Species are: * †'' Rossodus manitouensis'' * †'' Rossodus subtilis'' * †'' Rossodus tenuis''

References

External links

* Prioniodontida genera Early Ordovician animals Ordovician conodonts {{conodont-stub