''Cryptotaxis'' is an extinct genus of

conodont Conodonts, are an extinct group of marine jawless vertebrates belonging to the class Conodonta (from Ancient Greek κῶνος (''kōnos''), meaning " cone", and ὀδούς (''odoús''), meaning "tooth"). They are primarily known from their hard ...

s in the family Cryptotaxidae from the

Famennian The Famennian is the later of two faunal stages in the Late Devonian epoch. The most recent estimate for its duration is that it lasted from around 371.1 to 359.3 million years ago. An earlier 2012 estimate, still used by the International Commis ...

(Upper Devonian).

References

* "Multielement Conodont Species from the Louisiana Limestone (Upper Devonian) of West-Central Illinois and Northeastern Missouri, U.S.A.", Karl M. Chauffe and Patricia A. Nichols, ''Micropaleontology'', Vol. 41, No. 2 (Summer, 1995), pages 171–186, .

External links

* Ozarkodinida genera Devonian conodonts Fish of the Amazon basin {{Conodont-stub