Appalachignathus

Appalachignathus
Temporal range: Middle Ordovician
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Conodonta
(unranked): Prioniodontida
Family: Rhipidognathidae[1]
Genus: Appalachignathus
Bergström at al. 1974
Species
  • Appalachignathus delicatulus (type)

Appalachignathus is a genus of multielement conodonts from the Middle Ordovician of North America.[2]

The elements of Appalachignathus are amongst the first occurrences of the Ozarkodina-type feeding apparatuses.[2]

References

  1. Ordovician Rhipidognathid Conodonts from Australia and Iran. Yong Y. Zhen, Robert S. Nicoll, Ian G. Percival, Mir Alireza Hamedi and Ian Stewart, Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 75, No. 1 (Jan., 2001), pages 186-207 (Stable URL)
  2. 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. Paleontological Society. 48 (2): 227–235. JSTOR 1303249. doi:10.2307/1303249 (inactive 2017-01-15).
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