Distomodus

Distomodus Temporal range: Silurian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	†Conodonta
(unranked):	†Prioniodontida
Family:	†Distomodontidae
Genus:	†Distomodus Branson and Branson, 1947[1]
Type species
†Distomodus kentuckyensis[2] Branson and Branson
Species
†Distomodus combinatus †Distomodus kentuckyensis †Distomodus staurognathoides (Walliser, 1964) (syn. Johnognathus huddlei Mashkova, 1977[3])

Distomodus is an extinct genus of conodonts.^[4]

References

1. Lower Silurian Conodonts from Kentucky. E. B. Branson and C. C. Branson, Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 21, No. 6 (Nov., 1947), pages 549-556 (Stable URL retrieved 29 April 2016)
2. Early Silurian Conodonts from the Quinton Formation of the Broken River Region (North-Eastern Australia). Andrew Simpson (pdf, retrieved 4 June 2016)
3. Johnognathus huddlei Mashkova, an element in the apparatus of Distomodus staurognathoides (Walliser)—Conodonta (Silurian). D. Jeffrey Over and Brian D. E. Chatterton, Journal of Paleontology, May 1987, Volume 61, Issue 03, pages 579-582, doi:10.1017/S0022336000028742
4. Local variations in the distribution of Silurian conodonts of the Distomodus kentuckyensis Zone of the Oslo Region, Norway. MB Idris, Norsk geologisk tidsskrift, 1984

External links

• "Distomodus". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 3 June 2016.