Biology:Protognathodus

Short description: Extinct genus of jawless fishes

Protognathodus Temporal range: Devonian/Carboniferous
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	†Conodonta
Order:	†Ozarkodinida
Family:	†Idiognathodontidae
Genus:	†Protognathodus Ziegler 1969
Species
†Protognathodus collinsoni †Protognathodus kockeli †Protognathodus kuehni †Protognathodus meischneri
Synonyms
Protognathus (preoccupied by Protognathus Basilewsky 1950, which is considered syn. of Pseudognathaphanus Schauberger, 1932)

Protognathodus is an extinct conodont genus in the family Idiognathodontidae.

References

• The stratigraphical significance of the Protognathodus fauna from Stockum (Devonian/Carboniferous boundary, Rhenish Schiefergebirge). Alberti H, Groos-Uffenorde H, Streel M, Uffenorde H and Walliser OH, Newsletters on Stratigraphy, 1 Oct. 1974, Volume 3, Number 4, pages 263-276

External links

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• Protognathodus at fossilworks.org (retrieved 15 May 2016)

Wikidata ☰ Q25096379 entry