Scaliognathus

Scaliognathus; Temporal range: Tournaisian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	†Conodonta
Order:	†Ozarkodinida
Genus:	†Scaliognathus; Branson & Mehl, 1941
Species
	†Scaliognathus anchoralis;

Scaliognathus is an extinct genus of conodonts.^[1]^[2]

The Tournaisian, the oldest age of the Mississippian contains eight conodont biozones, one of which is the zone of Gnathodus pseudosemiglaber and Scaliognathus anchoralis.

References edit

^ The origin and evolution of the middle Dinantian conodont genera Doliognathus, Dollymae, Scaliognathus, and Staurognathus, and related forms. Ronald L. Austin and Eric Groessens, Annales de la Société géologique de Belgique [En ligne], Volume 95 (1972), Fascicule 2, 229 - 238 (URL, retrieved 24 April 2016)
^ Taxonomy and phylogeny of Scaliognathus Branson & Mehl, 1941 (Conodonta, Lower Carboniferous). HR Lane and W Ziegler, Senckenbergiana lethaea, 1983

External links edit

"Scaliognathus" at the Encyclopedia of Life
"Scaliognathus". Fossilworks. Gateway to the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 3 July 2016.

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[1] The origin and evolution of the middle Dinantian conodont genera Doliognathus, Dollymae, Scaliognathus, and Staurognathus, and related forms. Ronald L. Austin and Eric Groessens, Annales de la Société géologique de Belgique [En ligne], Volume 95 (1972), Fascicule 2, 229 - 238 (URL, retrieved 24 April 2016)

[2] Taxonomy and phylogeny of Scaliognathus Branson & Mehl, 1941 (Conodonta, Lower Carboniferous). HR Lane and W Ziegler, Senckenbergiana lethaea, 1983

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