Cavusgnathus

Cavusgnathus is an extinct genus of conodonts.

Cavusgnathus
Temporal range:
Pa elements, lateral view, X140
2, 5: Cavusgnathus unicornis
6, 7, 14 Cavusgnathus sp.
see detail
2. gamma morphotype, from the Deer Valley Member of the Mauch Chunk Formation, Keystone quarry, Pa.
5. alpha morphotype, and 6, 7. from the uppermost Loyalhanna Limestone Member of the Mauch Chunk Formation, Keystone quarry, Pa.
14. 93RS–67, from the basal 20 cm of the Loyalhanna Limestone Member of the Mauch Chunk Formation, Keystone quarry, Pa. (93RS–79a), and Westernport, Md.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
†Conodonta
Order:
†Ozarkodinida
Family:
†Polygnathidae
Genus:
†Cavusgnathus

Harris and Hollingsworth, 1933
Species
  • †Cavusgnathus gigantus
  • †Cavusgnathus lautus
  • †Cavusgnathus missouriensis
  • †Cavusgnathus unicornis

Glen K. Merrill stated in 1963 that "conodont workers have considered Idiognathoides to be a junior synonym of Polygnathodella but it now proves to be a junior synonym of Cavusgnathus. Polygnathodella and Cavusgnathus are shown to form a transitional series."

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