Hindeodus
| Hindeodus Temporal range: Early Triassic | |
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| Reconstruction of a Conodont | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Conodonta |
| Genus: | Hindeodus |
| Species: | H. parvus |
Hindeodus parvus is a species of the extinct class conodont, whose first appearance in the fossil beds at Meishan, Changxing County, Zhejiang marks the base of the Triassic, and thus the boundary between the Triassic and Permian.
Biostratigraphic significance
The International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS) has assigned the First Appearance Datum of Hindeodus parvus as the defining biological marker for the start of the Induan, 252.2 ± 0.5 million years ago, the first stage of the Triassic.
Sources
- Yin Hongfu, Z. K., Tong Jinnan, Yang Zunyi, and Wu Shunbao (2001). "The Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) of the Permian-Triassic Boundary." Episodes 24(2): 12.
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