Distacodontidae is an extinct family 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, w ...
s in the order
Conodontophorida
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 ...
.
Genera are ''
Curtognathus'' and ''
Panderodus
''Panderodus'' Is an extinct genus of jawless fish belonging to the order Conodonta. This genus had a long temporal range, surviving from the middle Ordovician to late Devonian. In 2021, extremely rare body fossils of ''Panderodus'' from the Wauk ...
''.
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Distacodontidaeat
fossilworks
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Conodont families
Paleozoic conodonts
Ordovician first appearances
Devonian extinctions
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