''Chirognathus'' 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 ...

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Chirognathidae Chirognathidae is an extinct family of conodonts.Stratigraphical distribution of the Ordovician conodont Erraticodon Dzik in Argentina. S. Heredia, J. Carlorosi, A. Mestre and T. Soria, Journal of South American Earth Sciences, Volume 45, August ...

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