Biology:Neospathodus

Short description: Extinct genus of jawless fishes

Neospathodus Temporal range: Olenekian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	†Conodonta
(unranked):	†Prioniodontida
Order:	†Ozarkodinida
Family:	†Gondolellidae
Subfamily:	†Neogondolellinae
Genus:	†Neospathodus (Huckriede, 1958)
Species
†Neospathodus abruptus †Neospathodus arcus †Neospathodus brevissimus †Neospathodus brochus †Neospathodus clinatus †Neospathodus concavus †Neospathodus crassatus †Neospathodus cristagalli (type) †Neospathodus curtatus †Neospathodus dieneri †Neospathodus gondolelloides †Neospathodus homeri †Neospathodus novaehollandiae †Neospathodus pakistanensis †Neospathodus planus †Neospathodus posterolongatus †Neospathodus pusillus †Neospathodus spitiensis †Neospathodus symmetricus †Neospathodus triangularis †Neospathodus waageni

Neospathodus is an extinct genus of conodonts.

Use in stratigraphy

The base of the Olenekian stage of the Early Triassic is at the lowest occurrence of Neospathodus waageni. It is defined as ending near the lowest occurrences of Chiosella timorensis.

The GSSP Candidate sections are in the Mud (Muth) village in the Spiti valley, India or in Chaohu, China.

References

• Taxonomy and correlation of Lower Triassic (Spathian) segminate conodonts from Oman and revision of some species of Neospathodus. M. J. Orchard, Journal of Paleontology, Volume 69, Issue 01, January 1995, pages 110–122, doi:10.1017/S0022336000026962

External links

• Neospathodus at fossilworks.org (retrieved 12 July 2016)

Wikidata ☰ Q28431177 entry