Appalachignathus

Appalachignathus Temporal range: Middle Ordovician PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	†Conodonta
(unranked):	†Prioniodontida
Family:	†Rhipidognathidae[1]
Genus:	†Appalachignathus Bergström at al. 1974
Species
†Appalachignathus delicatulus (type)

Appalachignathus is a genus of multielement conodonts from the Middle Ordovician of North America.^[2]

The elements of Appalachignathus are amongst the first occurrences of the Ozarkodina-type feeding apparatuses.^[2]

References

1. Zhen, Yong Y.; Nicoll, Robert S.; Percival, Ian G.; Hamedi, Mir Alireza; Stewart, Ian (2001). "Ordovician Rhipidognathid Conodonts from Australia and Iran". Journal of Paleontology. 75 (1): 186–207. doi:10.1017/S002233600003198X. JSTOR 1306930. S2CID 232350018.
2. Bergström, S. M.; Carnes, J. B.; Ethington, R. L.; Votaw, R. B.; Wigley, P. B. (1974). "Appalachignathus, a New Multielement Conodont Genus from the Middle Ordovician of North America". Journal of Paleontology. 48 (2): 227–235. JSTOR 1303249.

External links

• "Appalachignathus". The Encyclopedia of Life.
• "Appalachignathus". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 18 June 2016.