''Taphrognathus'' is an extinct
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
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 ...
s from the
Dinantian
Dinantian is the name of a series or epoch from the Lower Carboniferous system in Europe. It can stand for a series of rocks in Europe or the time span in which they were deposited.
The Dinantian is equal to the lower part of the Mississippian ...
(Lower Carboniferous).
[The Dinantian Taphrognathus transatlanticus conodont Range Zone of Great Britain and Atlantic Canada. Peter H. Von Bitter and Ronald L. Austin, Palaeontology, Volume 27, Part 1, January 1984, pages 95–111]
Synonyms
In 1947 the name ''Taphrognathus'' was also used to describe a prehistoric amphibian from the
Middle Triassic
In the geologic timescale, the Middle Triassic is the second of three epochs of the Triassic period or the middle of three series in which the Triassic system is divided in chronostratigraphy. The Middle Triassic spans the time between Ma ...
of Arizona, but the amphibian was renamed ''
Hadrokkosaurus
''Hadrokkosaurus'' is an extinct genus of brachyopid temnospondyl amphibian from the Middle Triassic of the southwestern United States. It includes a single species, ''Hadrokkosaurus bradyi'', known from the Moenkopi Formation of Arizona
A ...
'' in 1957 after the synonymy was realized.
See also
References
Ozarkodinida genera
Carboniferous fish of North America
Mississippian conodonts
Fossil taxa described in 1941
Taxa named by Edward Branson
Taxa named by Maurice Mehl
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