Acodus

{{Short description|Extinct genus of jawless fishes}}

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| name= Acodus

| fossil_range = Ordovician-Devonian
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| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Chordata

| classis = †Conodonta

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| familia =

| genus = †Acodus

| genus_authority = Pander, 1856Monographie der fossilen fische des silurischen systems des Russisch-baltischen gouvernements. CH Pander, 1856Catalogue of Conodonts, Willi Ziegler, 1977

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

  • A. campanula Mound
  • A. deltatus Lindström, 1955
  • A. firmus Viira, 1970
  • A. primitivus Zeballo and Albanesi, 2013New 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 (2013), Geological Journal, 48 (2–3): 170–193, {{doi|10.1002/gj.2425}}
  • A. tripterolobus Mound
  • A. zeballus Voldman et al, 2016New conodont taxa and biozones from the Lower Ordovician of the Cordillera Oriental, NW Argentina. Gustavo G. Voldman, Guillermo L. Albanesi, Gladys Ortega, María Eugenia Giuliano and Carlos Ruben Monaldi (2016), Geological Journal, in press, {{doi|10.1002/gj.2766}}

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Acodus is an extinct genus of conodonts.

Species

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  • A. acutus
  • A. campanula
  • A. crassus
  • A. delicatus
  • A. deltatus
  • A. erectus
  • A. firmus
  • A. jonesi
  • A. kechikaensis
  • A. neodeltatus
  • A. oneotensis
  • A. planus
  • A. primitivus
  • A. sigmoideus
  • A. similaris
  • A. tripterolobus
  • A. zeballus

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Distribution

Fossils of Acodus have been found in Argentina, Canada (Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Nunavut), China, Colombia (Tarqui, Huila),Moreno et al., 2008, p.10 the Czech Republic, Estonia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, the Russian Federation, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, the United Kingdom, and the United States (Indiana, New York, Tennessee, Nevada, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, Utah).[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=85559 Acodus] at Fossilworks.org

References

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= Bibliography =

  • {{citation |last=Moreno Sánchez |first=Mario |last2=Jesus Gómez Cruz |first2=Arley de |last3=Castillo González |first3=Hardany |year=2008 |title=Graptolitos del Ordovícico y geología de los afloramientos del Río Venado (norte del Departamento del Huila) |url=http://www.scielo.org.co/pdf/boge/v30n1/v30n1a01.pdf |journal=Boletín de Geología |volume=30 |pages=9–19 |accessdate=2017-03-31}}