''Cavusgnathus'' is an extinct genus of

conodont Conodonts (Greek ''kōnos'', "cone", + ''odont'', "tooth") are an extinct group of agnathan (jawless) vertebrates resembling eels, classified in the class Conodonta. For many years, they were known only from their tooth-like oral elements, which ...

Glen K. Merrill A glen is a valley, typically one that is long and bounded by gently sloped concave sides, unlike a ravine, which is deep and bounded by steep slopes. Whittow defines it as a "Scottish term for a deep valley in the Highlands" that is "narrower ...

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."Polygnathodella Harlton, 1933, or Idiognathoides Harris and Hollingsworth, 1933? Glen K. Merrill, Journal of Paleontology, March 1963, volume 37, issue 2
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* * Ozarkodinida genera Pennsylvanian conodonts Gzhelian life Kasimovian life Fossil taxa described in 1933 Pennsylvanian first appearances Pennsylvanian extinctions {{conodont-stub