Utahconus is an extinct genus of conodonts.

Utahconus
Temporal range: Furongian–Tremadocian
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Utahconus

Type species
Paltodus utahensis
Miller, 1969
Species

Utahconus purmamarcensis, U. scandodiformis and U. tortibasis are 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]

According to J. John Sepkoski, Jr., it's in the order Conodontophoria in the class Conodonta.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Miller, James F. (1980). "Taxonomic revisions of some Upper Cambrian and Lower Ordovician Conodonts with comments on their Evolution". The University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions. 99: 35–37. hdl:1808/3732. ISSN 0075-5052.
  2. ^ Zeballo, Fernando J.; Albanesi, Guillermo L. (2013). "New conodont species and biostratigraphy of the Santa Rosita Formation (upper Furongian-Tremadocian) in the Tilcara Range, Cordillera Oriental of Jujuy, Argentina". Geological Journal. 48 (2–3): 181–187. doi:10.1002/gj.2425. hdl:11336/52154.
  3. ^ Sepkoski, J. John Jr. (2002). Jablonski, David; Foote, Michael (eds.). "A Compendium of Fossil Marine Animal Genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 548.
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