Spathognathodus

Spathognathodus Temporal range: Pennsylvanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	†Conodonta
Order:	†Ozarkodinida
Family:	†Spathognathodontidae
Genus:	†Spathognathodus Branson & Mehl, 1941[1]
Species
†Spathognathodus coloradoensis †Spathognathodus cristulus †Spathognathodus ellisoni †Spathognathodus minutus †Spathognathodus ohioensis †Spathognathodus orphanus †Spathognathodus whitei
Synonyms
Spathodus Branson and Mehl, 1933 (preoccupied by Spathodus Boulenger, 1900)

Spathognathodus is an extinct conodont genus in the family Spathognathodontidae. It is a non-Platform conodont, from the Pennsylvanian (Carboniferous).^[2]

References

1. Ctenognathodus Fay, 1959 or Spathognathodus Branson & Mehl, 1941? Willi Ziegler, Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 35, No. 6 (Nov., 1961), pages 1236-1238 (Stable URL retrieved 3 May 2016)
2. Pennsylvanian Nonplatform Conodont Genera, I: Spathognathodus. Glen K. Merrill, Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 47, No. 2 (Mar., 1973), pages 289-314 (Stable URL, retrieved 04 May 2016)

External links

• Spathognathodus at fossilworks.org (retrieved 4 May 2016)