Kallidontus is an extinct genus of conodonts.

Kallidontus
Temporal range: Furongian–Tremadocian
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Conodonta
Order: Proconodontida
Family: Fryxellodontidae
Genus: Kallidontus
Pyle and Barnes, 2002[1]
Species
  • Kallidontus gondwanicus
  • Kallidontus nodosus
  • Kallidontus serratus

Pyle and Barnes described the genus in 2002 from the Kechika Formation, Skoki Formation, and Road River Group (Upper Cambrian to Lower Silurian), in Northeastern British Columbia, in Canada.[1]

Kallidontus gondwanicus is from the Late Cambrian (late Furongian) or early Ordovician (Tremadocian) of the Santa Rosita Formation in the Tilcara Range, Cordillera Oriental of Jujuy, in Argentina.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Taxonomy, Evolution, and Biostratigraphy of Conodonts from the Kechika Formation, Skoki Formation, and Road River Group (Upper Cambrian to Lower Silurian), Northeastern British Columbia. Pyle, L. J. & Barnes, C. R., 2002, pages 1-169
  2. ^ New conodont species and biostratigraphy of the Santa Rosita Formation (upper Furongian–Tremadocian) in the Tilcara Range, Cordillera Oriental of Jujuy, Argentina. Fernando J. Zeballo and Guillermo L. Albanesi, Geological Journal, 2013, volume 48, issues 2–3, pages 170–193, doi:10.1002/gj.2425
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