Taphrognathus

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Taphrognathus
Temporal range: Mississippian
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Taphrognathus

Species
  • Taphrognathus transatlanticus
  • Taphrognathus varians

Taphrognathus is an extinct genus of conodonts from the Dinantian (Lower Carboniferous).[2]

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In 1947 the name Taphrognathus was also used to describe a prehistoric amphibian from the Middle Triassic of Arizona, but the amphibian was renamed Hadrokkosaurus in 1957 after the synonymy was realized.[3]

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References[]

  1. ^ New and Little Known Carboniferous Conodont Genera. E. B. Branson and M. G. Mehl, Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 15, No. 2 (Mar., 1941), pages 97-106 (Stable URL, retrieved 29 April 2015)
  2. ^ The Dinantian Taphrognathus transatlanticus conodont Range Zone of Great Britain and Atlantic Canada. Peter H. Von Bitter and , Palaeontology, Volume 27, Part 1, January 1984, pages 95–111
  3. ^ Ruta, M.; Bolt, J. R. (2008). "The brachyopoid Hadrokkosaurus bradyi from the Early Middle Triassic of Arizona, and a phylogenetic analysis of lower jaw characters in temnospondyl amphibians". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 53 (4): 579. doi:10.4202/app.2008.0403.


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