Cordylodus
| Cordylodus Temporal range: Furongian
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Infraphylum: | Agnatha |
| Class: | †Conodonta |
| Order: | †Proconodontida |
| Family: | †Cordylodontidae |
| Genus: | †Cordylodus Pander, 1856[1] |
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Cordylodus is an extinct genus of conodonts in the family Cordylodontidae.
Use in stratigraphy
It is suggested that Cordylodus andresi can be a marker of the Cambrian Stage 10.
Distribution
Fossils of Cordylodus have been found in Argentina, Australia, Canada (Quebec), China, Colombia (Tarqui, Huila),[2] Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Mexico, Norway, the Russian Federation, Sweden, and the United States, in the states of Alaska, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, Oklahoma (Bromide Formation), Vermont and Wyoming.[3]
C. horridus has been recovered from the Blakely Sandstone and C. angulatus from the Collier Shale, Ordovician geologic formations in the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas and Oklahoma.
References
- ^ C. Pander. 1856. Monographie der fossilen Fische des silurischen Systems des Russisch-Baltischen Gouvernements.
- ^ Moreno et al., 2008, p.10
- ^ "Cordylodus". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
Bibliography
- Moreno Sánchez, Mario; Jesus Gómez Cruz, Arley de; Castillo González, Hardany (2008), "Graptolitos del Ordovícico y geología de los afloramientos del Río Venado (norte del Departamento del Huila)" (PDF), Boletín de Geología, 30: 9–19, retrieved 2017-03-31
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