Taphrognathus

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

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{{Taxobox

| name = Taphrognathus

| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Mississippian}}

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| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Chordata

| classis = †Conodonta

| unranked_ordo = †Prioniodontida

| ordo = †Ozarkodinida

| superfamilia = †Polygnathacea

| familia = †Cavusgnathidae

| genus = †Taphrognathus

| genus_authority = Branson and Mehl, 1941New and Little Known Carboniferous Conodont Genera. E. B. Branson and M. G. Mehl, Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 15, No. 2 (Mar., 1941), pages 97-106 ([https://www.jstor.org/stable/1298937 Stable URL], retrieved 29 April 2015)

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

• †Taphrognathus transatlanticus
• †Taphrognathus varians

| synonyms =

}}

Taphrognathus is an extinct genus of conodonts from the Dinantian (Lower Carboniferous).The Dinantian Taphrognathus transatlanticus conodont Range Zone of Great Britain and Atlantic Canada. Peter H. Von Bitter and Ronald L. Austin, Palaeontology, Volume 27, Part 1, January 1984, pages 95–111