Cordylodus

Cordylodus Temporal range: Furongian ~488–416 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	†Conodonta
Order:	†Proconodontida
Family:	†Cordylodontidae
Genus:	†Cordylodus Pander 1856^[1]
Species
†C. andresi †C. angulatus †C. caboti †C. caseyi †C. drucei †C. excavatus †C. intermedius †C. lindstromi †C. primitivus †C. prion †C. proavus †C. rotundatus †C. viruanus

Cordylodus is an extinct genus of conodonts in the family of Cordylodontidae.

Use in stratigraphy

It is suggested that Cordylodus andresi can be a marker of the Cambrian Stage 10.

Distribution

Fossils of Cordylodus have been found in Argentina, Australia, Canada (Quebec), China, Colombia (Tarqui, Huila),^[2] Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Mexico, Norway, the Russian Federation, Sweden, and the United States (Alaska, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, Oklahoma, Vermont, Wyoming).^[3]

References

↑ C. Pander. 1856. Monographie der fossilen Fische des silurischen Systems des Russisch-Baltischen Gouvernements.
↑ Moreno et al., 2008, p.10
↑ Cordylodus at fossilworks.org (retrieved 29 June 2016)

Bibliography

Moreno Sánchez, Mario; Arley de Jesus Gómez Cruz, and Hardany Castillo González. 2008. Graptolitos del Ordovícico y geología de los afloramientos del Río Venado (norte del Departamento del Huila). Boletín de Geología 30. 9-19. Accessed 2017-03-31.

External links

Cordylodus at the Encyclopedia of Life

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