Proconodontus

Proconodontus
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
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.[2][3][4]

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)