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Patrognathus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
†Conodonta

Superfamily
  
†Polygnathacea

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
†Ozarkodinida

Family
  
†Cavusgnathidae

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Patrognathus is an extinct genus of conodonts.

Use in stratigraphy

The Tournaisian, the oldest age of the Mississipian (also known as Lower Carboniferous) contains eight conodont biozones, four of which contain Patrognathus species:

  • the zone of Siphonodella quadruplicata and Patrognathus andersoni (upper zone of Patrognathus andersoni)
  • the lower zone of Patrognathus andersoni
  • the zone of Patrognathus variabilis
  • the zone of Patrognathus crassus

    • References

    Patrognathus Wikipedia
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