''Cordylodus'' is an extinct genus of conodonts in the family of
Cordylodontidae
Cordylodontidae is a family of conodonts.
Genera are ''Cordylodus''. '' Eoconodontus'' and '' Iapetognathus''.
References
* The conodont apparatus as a food-gathering mechanism. Maurits Lindström, palaeontology, volume17, part 4, pages 729 ...
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Use in stratigraphy
It is suggested that ''Cordylodus andresi'' can be a marker of the
Cambrian Stage 10
Stage 10 of the Cambrian is the still unnamed third and final stage of the Furongian series. It follows the Jiangshanian and precedes the Ordovician Tremadocian Stage. The proposed lower boundary is the first appearance of the trilobite '' Lotagnos ...
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Distribution
Fossils of ''Cordylodus'' have been found in Argentina, Australia, Canada (Quebec), China, Colombia (
Tarqui Tarqui may refer to:
* Tarqui, Huila, Colombia
* Tarqui, Cuenca Canton, Ecuador
* Tarqui, Guayaquil Canton, Ecuador
* Tarqui, Pastaza Canton, Ecuador
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Huila),
[Moreno et al., 2008, p.10] Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Mexico, Norway, the Russian Federation, Sweden, and the United States, in the states of Alaska, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, Oklahoma (
Bromide Formation
The Bromide Formation is a geological formation in Oklahoma, USA. It is well known for its diverse echinoderm and trilobite fossil fauna.
Location
The Bromide Formation crops out in the Arbuckle and Wichita Mountains and in the Criner Hills ...
), Vermont and Wyoming.
''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
Bibliography
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Proconodontida genera
Cambrian conodonts
Paleozoic animals of Asia
Paleozoic animals of Europe
Paleozoic animals of North America
Ordovician Canada
Ordovician Mexico
Ordovician United States
Paleozoic brachiopods of South America
Ordovician Argentina
Ordovician Colombia
Fossils of Colombia
Paleozoic animals of Oceania
Fossil taxa described in 1856
Bromide Formation
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