Protognathodus

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

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|name = Protognathodus

| fossil_range = Devonian/Carboniferous

| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Chordata

| classis = †Conodonta

| ordo = †Ozarkodinida

| familia = †Idiognathodontidae

| genus = †Protognathodus

| genus_authority = Ziegler 1969

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

  • Protognathodus collinsoni
  • Protognathodus kockeli
  • Protognathodus kuehni
  • Protognathodus meischneri

| synonyms = Protognathus (preoccupied by Protognathus Basilewsky 1950, which is considered syn. of Pseudognathaphanus Schauberger, 1932)

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Protognathodus is an extinct conodont genus in the family Idiognathodontidae.

References

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  • The stratigraphical significance of the Protognathodus fauna from Stockum (Devonian/Carboniferous boundary, Rhenish Schiefergebirge). Alberti H, Groos-Uffenorde H, Streel M, Uffenorde H and Walliser OH, Newsletters on Stratigraphy, 1 Oct. 1974, Volume 3, Number 4, pages 263-276