Kingdom Animalia Class †Conodonta Phylum Chordata Order Ozarkodinida | Subphylum Vertebrata Family †Anchignathodontidae Rank Genus | |
Similar Conodont, Polygnathus, Fusulinida | ||
Hindeodus is an extinct genus of conodonts in the family Anchignathodontidae. The generic name Hindeodus is a tribute to George Jennings Hinde.
Biostratigraphic significance
Hindeodus parvus is a species whose first appearance in the fossil beds at Meishan, Changxing County, Zhejiang marks the base of the Triassic, and thus the boundary between the Triassic and Permian.
The International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS) has assigned the First Appearance Datum of Hindeodus parvus as the defining biological marker for the start of the Induan, 252.2 ± 0.5 million years ago, the first stage of the Triassic.
References
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