Kingdom Animalia Family †Spathognathodontidae Order Ozarkodinida | Class †Conodonta Phylum Chordata | |
Genus †Ozarkodina
Branson and Mehl 1933 Similar Polygnathus, Conodont, Monograptus, Chitinozoan | ||
Ozarkodina is an extinct genus of conodonts in the family Spathognathodontidae.
Use in stratigraphy
Ozarkodina snajdri forms a subdivision of the Pseudomonoclimacis latilobus graptolite zone in the Burgsvik beds Silurian formation in Sweden. An Ozarkodina snajdri crispa zone has also been identified in the Wills Creek in Virginia.
Ozarkodina derenjalensis is found in the Silurian of the Niur Formation in Iran.
The Kellwasser event in the Devonian which saw the extinction of all Ozarkodina species is reported in the list of Global Boundary Stratotype Sections and Points.
References
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