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Proconodontus

Proconodontus is an extinct genus of conodonts in the monotypic family Proconodontidae. The specimens are found in Cambrian formations.

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Proconodontus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Infraphylum: Agnatha
Class: Conodonta
Order: Proconodontida
Family: Proconodontidae
Lindström, 1970
Genus: Proconodontus
Miller, 1969
Species
  • Proconodontus carinatus
  • Proconodontus gallatini
  • Proconodontus muelleri
  • Proconodontus notchpeakensis
  • Proconodontus posterocostatus
  • Proconodontus serratus
  • Proconodontus tenuiserratus
  • Proconodontus transitans

Proconodontus is an extinct genus of conodonts in the monotypic family Proconodontidae.1 The specimens are found in Cambrian formations.234

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References

  1. A suprageneric taxonomy of the conodonts. Maurits Lindström, Lethaia, October 1970, Volume 3, Issue 4, pages 427–445, doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.1970.tb00834.x
  2. Zona de Proconodontus tenuiserratus (Conodonta), Cambrico superior, Formación La Cruz, Mendoza, Argentina. S Heredia, Ameghiniana, 2013
  3. The early Cambrian Proconodontus Fossils in Akesu-Wushen area, Xinjiang, and their geologic significance. Y Sao, G Linzhi, Institute of Geology Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, 1992
  4. Late Cambrian euconodonts from Sweden. Hubert Szaniawski and Stefan Bengtson, 1998, Proceedings of the Sixth European Conodont Symposium (ECOS VI), Palaeontologia Polonica 58, 7-29 (pdf, retrieved 2 June 2016)
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