Hertzina is an extinct genus of conodonts in the family Furnishinidae. Fossils can be found in the Wheeler Shale Cambrian (c. 507 Mya) fossil locality in Utah, United States.[2]

Furnishinidae
Temporal range: Cambrian
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Paraconodontida
Family: Furnishinidae
Genus: Hertzina
Müller, 1959[1]
Species
  • Hertzina antiqua Yang and He 1984
  • Hertzina bisulcata Müller 1959
  • Hertzina danica Poulsen
  • Hertzina guizhouensis Qian and Yin 1984
  • Hertzina intermedia Yang and He 1984

References

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  1. Kambrische conodonten. KJ Müller, Zeitschrift der deutschen geologischen Gesellschaft, 1959
  2. Oldest Conodonts in North America. David L. Clark and Richard A. Robison, Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 43, No. 4 (Jul., 1969), pages 1044-1046 (Stable URL)
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