Staurognathus

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

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| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Lower Carboniferous}}

| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Chordata

| classis = †Conodonta

| ordo = †Prioniodinida

| familia = †Bactrognathidae

| genus = †Staurognathus

| genus_authority = Branson and Mehl, 1941

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

• †Staurognathus anchoraria
• †Staurognathus cruciformis

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Staurognathus is an extinct genus of conodonts in the family Bactrognathidae from the Middle Dinantian (Lower Carboniferous).The origin and evolution of the middle Dinantian conodont genera Doliognathus, Dollymae, Scaliognathus, and Staurognathus, and related forms. Ronald L. Austin and Eric Groessens, Annales de la Société géologique de Belgique [En ligne], Volume 95 (1972), Fascicule 2, 229 - 238 ([http://popups.ulg.ac.be/0037-9395/index.php?id=5708 URL], retrieved 24 April 2016) It is a genus of multielement conodonts.Phylogeny of the Multielement Conodont Genera Bactrognathus, Doliognathus and Staurognathus. Karl M. Chauff, Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 59, No. 2 (Mar., 1985), pages 299-309 ([https://www.jstor.org/stable/1305029 Stable URL], retrieved 22 April 2016)