''Spathognathodus'' 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 ...

genus in the family

Spathognathodontidae Spathognathodontidae is an extinct conodont family ranging from the Silurian to the Devonian.On Classification of Pridoli (Silurian)-Lochkovian (Devonian) Spathognathodontidae (Conodonts). Murphy M.A., Valenzuela-Ríos J.I. and Carls P., 2004, Un ...

. It is a non-Platform conodont, from the

Pennsylvanian Pennsylvanian may refer to: * A person or thing from Pennsylvania * Pennsylvanian (geology) The Pennsylvanian ( , also known as Upper Carboniferous or Late Carboniferous) is, in the International Commission on Stratigraphy, ICS geologic timesca ...

(Carboniferous).Pennsylvanian Nonplatform Conodont Genera, I: Spathognathodus. Glen K. Merrill, Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 47, No. 2 (Mar., 1973), pages 289-314
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.org (retrieved 4 May 2016) Ozarkodinida genera Pennsylvanian conodonts Fossil taxa described in 1941 Taxa named by Edward Branson Taxa named by Maurice Mehl Paleozoic life of Yukon {{Conodont-stub