Cordylodus
Cordylodus Temporal range: Furongian ~488–416 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | †Conodonta |
Order: | †Proconodontida |
Family: | †Cordylodontidae |
Genus: | †Cordylodus Pander 1856[1] |
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Cordylodus is an extinct genus of conodonts in the family of Cordylodontidae.
Use in stratigraphy
It is suggested that Cordylodus andresi can be a marker of the Cambrian Stage 10.
Distribution
Fossils of Cordylodus have been found in Argentina, Australia, Canada (Quebec), China, Colombia (Tarqui, Huila),[2] Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Mexico, Norway, the Russian Federation, Sweden, and the United States, in the states of Alaska, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, Oklahoma (Bromide Formation), Vermont and Wyoming.[3]
C. horridus has been recovered from the Blakely Sandstone and C. angulatus from the Collier Shale, Ordovician geologic formations in the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas and Oklahoma.
References
- ^ C. Pander. 1856. Monographie der fossilen Fische des silurischen Systems des Russisch-Baltischen Gouvernements.
- ^ Moreno et al., 2008, p.10
- ^ "Cordylodus". Fossilworks. Gateway to the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
Bibliography
- Moreno Sánchez, Mario; Arley de Jesus Gómez Cruz, and Hardany Castillo González. 2008. Graptolitos del Ordovícico y geología de los afloramientos del Río Venado (norte del Departamento del Huila). Boletín de Geología 30. 9-19. Accessed 2017-03-31.
External links
- "Cordylodus" at the Encyclopedia of Life
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- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Subphylum: Vertebrata
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