Appalachignathus is a genus of multielement conodonts from the Middle Ordovician of North America.[2]

Appalachignathus
Temporal range: Middle Ordovician
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Appalachignathus

Bergström at al. 1974
Species
  • Appalachignathus delicatulus (type)

The elements of Appalachignathus are amongst the first occurrences of the Ozarkodina-type feeding apparatuses.[2]

References

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  1. ^ 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. S2CID 232350018.
  2. ^ a b 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.
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