Appalachignathus is a genus of multielement conodonts from the Middle Ordovician of North America and Australia.[1][2]
| Appalachignathus Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Infraphylum: | Agnatha |
| Class: | †Conodonta |
| Family: | †Rhipidognathidae |
| Genus: | †Appalachignathus Bergström at al. 1974 |
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The elements of Appalachignathus are amongst the first occurrences of the Ozarkodina-type feeding apparatuses.[1]
References
edit- 1 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.
- ↑ 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.
External links
edit- "Appalachignathus". The Encyclopedia of Life.
- "Appalachignathus". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
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