Distomodus

{{short description|Genus of chordates (fossil)}}

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| name = Distomodus

| fossil_range = {{fossil_range|Silurian}}

| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Chordata

| classis = †Conodonta

| unranked_ordo = †Prioniodontida

| ordo =

| familia = †Distomodontidae

| genus = †Distomodus

| genus_authority = Branson and Branson, 1947Lower Silurian Conodonts from Kentucky. E. B. Branson and C. C. Branson, Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 21, No. 6 (Nov., 1947), pages 549-556 ([https://www.jstor.org/stable/1299228 Stable URL] retrieved 29 April 2016)

| type_species = †Distomodus kentuckyensisEarly Silurian Conodonts from the Quinton Formation of the Broken River Region (North-Eastern Australia). Andrew Simpson ([http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/AbhGeolBA_54_0181-0199.pdf pdf], retrieved 4 June 2016)

| type_species_authority = Branson and Branson

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

• †Distomodus combinatus
• †Distomodus kentuckyensis
• †Distomodus staurognathoides (Walliser, 1964) (syn. Johnognathus huddlei Mashkova, 1977Johnognathus huddlei Mashkova, an element in the apparatus of Distomodus staurognathoides (Walliser)—Conodonta (Silurian). D. Jeffrey Over and Brian D. E. Chatterton, Journal of Paleontology, May 1987, Volume 61, Issue 03, pages 579-582, {{doi|10.1017/S0022336000028742}})

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Distomodus is an extinct genus of conodonts.Local variations in the distribution of Silurian conodonts of the Distomodus kentuckyensis Zone of the Oslo Region, Norway. MB Idris, Norsk geologisk tidsskrift, 1984