Spathognathodontidae is an extinct
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 ...
family ranging from the
Silurian
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to the
Devonian
The Devonian ( ) is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic era, spanning 60.3 million years from the end of the Silurian, million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Carboniferous, Mya. It is named after Devon, England, w ...
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[On Classification of Pridoli (Silurian)-Lochkovian (Devonian) Spathognathodontidae (Conodonts). Murphy M.A., Valenzuela-Ríos J.I. and Carls P., 2004, University of California, Riverside Campus Museum Contribution, 6, pp. 1-25, 3 Figs]
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Genera
Genera are:
* †'' Flajsella''
* †''Lanea
''Lanea'' is an extinct conodont genus in the family Spathognathodontidae from the Early Devonian.
References
External links
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''Lanea''at fossilworks
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* †'' Ozarkodina''
* †''Spathognathodus
''Spathognathodus'' is an extinct conodont genus in the family Spathognathodontidae. It is a non-Platform conodont, from the Pennsylvanian (Carboniferous).Pennsylvanian Nonplatform Conodont Genera, I: Spathognathodus. Glen K. Merrill, Journal o ...
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* †'' Tortodus''
* †''Wurmiella
''Wurmiella'' is an extinct conodont genus.
''Wurmiella excavata'' is from the Lower Devonian of Nevada.Statistical study of Ozarkodina excavata (Branson and Mehl) and O. tuma Murphy and Matti (Lower Devonian, delta Zone, conodonts, Nevada). Mi ...
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* †'' Zieglerodina''
References
* A new Ludlow (Late Silurian) Spathognathodontidae (Conodonta) from Bohemia with incipient alternating denticulation. P. Carls, L. Slavík and José Ignacio Valenzuela-Ríos, Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Monatshefte, September 2005, 9, pages 547–565.
External links
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Spathognathodontidae
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Ozarkodinida families
Silurian first appearances
Devonian extinctions
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