Conodonta - Prioniodontida - Rhipidognathidae
Full reference: S. M. Bergström, J. B. Carnes, R. L. Ethington, R. B. Votaw, and P. B. Wigley. 1974. Appalachignathus, a new multielement conodont genus from the Middle Ordovician of North America. Journal of Paleontology 48(2):227-236
Belongs to Appalachignathus according to S. M. Bergström et al. 1974
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is intersection near bridge at Staffordsville, which is in a Chazyan marine limestone in the Lincolnshire Formation of Virginia
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Chazyan of United States (1: Virginia collection)
• Ordovician of Australia (1), United States (2: Kentucky, Tennessee)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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