Pterospathodus

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Pterospathodus
Temporal range: Telychian–Sheinwoodian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Chordata
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Order:
Family:
Genus:
Pterospathodus

Species and subspecies
  • Pterospathodus celloni
  • Pterospathodus eopennatus
    • P. eopennatus ssp. n. 1
    • P. eopennatus ssp. n. 2
  • Pterospathodus amorphognathoides
    • P. amorphognathoides angulatus
    • P. amorphognathoides lennarti
    • P. amorphognathoides lithuanicus

Pterospathodus is an extinct genus of conodont from the Silurian period.

Use in stratigraphy

The Telychian (Late Llandovery) of Estonia can be defined by five conodont zones (Pterospathodus eopennatus ssp. n. 1, P. eopennatus ssp. n. 2, P. amorphognathoides angulatus, P. a. lennarti and P. a. lithuanicus).[2]

The

Hughley Brook
in Apedale, U.K.

References

  1. ^ Conodonten des Silurs. Otto H. Walliser, Hessisches Landesamt für Bodenforschung, 1964 - 106 pages

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