Taphrognathus
Extinct genus of jawless fishes
| Taphrognathus Temporal range: Mississippian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | †Conodonta |
| (unranked): | †Prioniodontida |
| Order: | †Ozarkodinida |
| Superfamily: | †Polygnathacea |
| Family: | †Cavusgnathidae |
| Genus: | †Taphrognathus |
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Taphrognathus is an extinct genus of conodonts from the Dinantian (Lower Carboniferous).[2]
Synonyms
In 1947 the name Taphrognathus was also used to describe a prehistoric amphibian from the Middle Triassic of Arizona, but the amphibian was renamed Hadrokkosaurus in 1957 after the synonymy was realized.[3]
See also
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References
- ^ New and Little Known Carboniferous Conodont Genera. E. B. Branson and M. G. Mehl, Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 15, No. 2 (Mar., 1941), pages 97-106 (Stable URL, retrieved 29 April 2015)
- ^ The Dinantian Taphrognathus transatlanticus conodont Range Zone of Great Britain and Atlantic Canada. Peter H. Von Bitter and Ronald L. Austin, Palaeontology, Volume 27, Part 1, January 1984, pages 95–111
- ^ Ruta, M.; Bolt, J. R. (2008). "The brachyopoid Hadrokkosaurus bradyi from the Early Middle Triassic of Arizona, and a phylogenetic analysis of lower jaw characters in temnospondyl amphibians". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 53 (4): 579. doi:10.4202/app.2008.0403.
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- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Subphylum: Vertebrata
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