Appalachignathus
Appalachignathus is a genus of multielement conodonts from the Middle Ordovician of North America.[2]
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The elements of Appalachignathus are amongst the first occurrences of the Ozarkodina-type feeding apparatuses.[2]
References
- Zhen, Yong Y.; Nicoll, Robert S.; Percival, Ian G.; Hamedi, Mir Alireza; Stewart, Ian (2001). "Ordovician Rhipidognathid Conodonts from Australia and Iran". Journal of Paleontology. 75 (1): 186–207. doi:10.1017/S002233600003198X. JSTOR 1306930.
- Bergström, S. M.; Carnes, J. B.; Ethington, R. L.; Votaw, R. B.; Wigley, P. B. (1974). "Appalachignathus, a New Multielement Conodont Genus from the Middle Ordovician of North America". Journal of Paleontology. 48 (2): 227–235. JSTOR 1303249.
External links
- "Appalachignathus" at the Encyclopedia of Life
- Appalachignathus at fossilworks.org (retrieved 18 June 2016)
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