Patrognathus

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

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{{taxobox

| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Tournaisian}}

| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Chordata

| classis = †Conodonta

| unranked_ordo = †Prioniodontida

| ordo = †Ozarkodinida

| superfamilia = †Polygnathacea

| familia = †Cavusgnathidae

| genus = †Patrognathus

| genus_authority = Rhodes, Austin & Druce, 1969British Avonian (Carboniferous) conodont faunas, and their value in local and intercontinental correlation. FHT Rhodes, RL Austin, EC Druce, 1969, British Museum (Natural History)

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

  • Patrognathus andersoni
  • Patrognathus crassus
  • Patrognathus variabilis

| synonyms =

}}

Patrognathus is an extinct genus of conodonts.

Use in stratigraphy

The Tournaisian, the oldest age of the Mississippian (also known as Lower Carboniferous) contains eight conodont biozones, four of which contain Patrognathus species:

  • the zone of Siphonodella quadruplicata and Patrognathus andersoni (upper zone of Patrognathus andersoni)
  • the lower zone of Patrognathus andersoni
  • the zone of Patrognathus variabilis
  • the zone of Patrognathus crassus

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