''Declinognathodus'' is an extinct genus of platform conodonts.

Use in stratigraphy

The Bashkirian, the oldest age of the Pennsylvanian (also known as Upper Carboniferous), contains six biozones based on conodont index fossils, two of which are named after ''Declinognathodus'' species: * the zone of ''Declinognathodus marginodosus'', * the zone of ''Declinognathodus noduliferus''. The GSSP point is at Arrow Canyon, Nevada, USA, with the first appearance of ''Declinognathodus noduliferus sensu lato''. The base of the Moscovian, the second stage in the Pennsylvanian, is close to the first appearances of the conodonts ''Declinognathodus donetzianus Nemirovskaya, 1990'' and '' Diplognathodus ellesmerensis Bender, 1980''. The Moscovian can biostratigraphically be divided into five conodont biozones, one of which is named after a ''Declinognathodus'' species : the zone of ''Declinognathodus donetzianus''. The

GSSP A Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) is an internationally agreed upon reference point on a stratigraphic section which defines the lower boundary of a stage on the geologic time scale. The effort to define GSSPs is conducted b ...

candidate sections are the

Ural mountains The Ural Mountains ( ; rus, Ура́льские го́ры, r=Uralskiye gory, p=ʊˈralʲskʲɪjə ˈɡorɨ; ba, Урал тауҙары) or simply the Urals, are a mountain range that runs approximately from north to south through western ...

or in Naqing (Nashui), Luodian County, Guizhou, China.

References

* Early evolution of Declinognathodus close to the Mid-Carboniferous Boundary interval in the Barcaliente type section (Spain). Javier Sanz-López and Silvia Blanco-Ferrera, Palaeontology, September 2013, Volume 56, Issue 5, pages 927–946, * Conodont chronostratigraphical resolution and Declinognathodus evolution close to the Mid-Carboniferous Boundary in the Barcaliente Formation type section, NW Spain. Javier Sanz-López, Silvia Blanco-Ferrera and Luis C. Sánchez de Posada, Lethaia, October 2013, Volume 46, Issue 4, pages 438–453,

External links

* * Conodont genera Pennsylvanian conodonts {{conodont-stub