''Curtognathus'' 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 ...
s from the
Ordovician
The Ordovician ( ) is a geologic period and System (geology), system, the second of six periods of the Paleozoic Era (geology), Era. The Ordovician spans 41.6 million years from the end of the Cambrian Period million years ago (Mya) to the start ...
in the family
Distacodontidae
Distacodontidae is an extinct family of conodonts in the order Conodontophorida.
Genera are '' Curtognathus'' and ''Panderodus''.
References
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References
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''Curtognathus''at
fossilworks
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.org (retrieved 4 May 2016)
Conodont genera
Ordovician conodonts
Distacodontidae
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