''Idiognathodus'' is an extinct

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 ...

genus in the family

Idiognathodontidae Idiognathodontidae is an extinct conodont family.New Pennsylvanian conodonts from Oklahoma. RW Harris and RV Hollingsworth, American Journal of Science, March 1933, Series 5, Vol. 25, no. 147, pages 193-204, Genera are ''Gnathodus'', ''Idiognat ...

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The species ''Idiognathodus simulator'' made its first appearance during the

Gzhelian The Gzhelian ( ) is an age in the ICS geologic timescale or a stage in the stratigraphic column. It is the youngest stage of the Pennsylvanian, the youngest subsystem of the Carboniferous. The Gzhelian lasted from to Ma. It follows the Kasim ...

, the youngest age of the Pennsylvanian (late Carboniferous). Two species (''Idiognathodus toretzianus'' and ''Idiognathodus sagittatus'') are amongst the three conodonts forming the

biozone In biostratigraphy, biostratigraphic units or biozones are intervals of geological strata that are defined on the basis of their characteristic fossil taxa, as opposed to a lithostratigraphic unit which is defined by the lithological properties of ...

s of the

Kasimovian The Kasimovian is a geochronology, geochronologic age (geology), age or chronostratigraphy, chronostratigraphic stage (stratigraphy), stage in the International Commission on Stratigraphy, ICS geologic timescale. It is the third stage in the Penn ...

, the third stage in the Pennsylvanian. One species (''Idiognathodus sinuosus'') is an

index fossil Biostratigraphy is the branch of stratigraphy which focuses on correlating and assigning relative ages of rock Stratum, strata by using the fossil assemblages contained within them.Hine, Robert. “Biostratigraphy.” ''Oxford Reference: Dictiona ...

of a biozone of the

Bashkirian The Bashkirian is in the ICS geologic timescale the lowest stage or oldest age of the Pennsylvanian. The Bashkirian age lasted from to Ma, is preceded by the Serpukhovian and is followed by the Moscovian. The Bashkirian overlaps with the ...

, the oldest age of the Pennsylvanian, amongst six biozones based on conodonts.

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.org (retrieved 14 May 2016) * Ozarkodinida genera Pennsylvanian conodonts Bashkirian life Gzhelian life Kasimovian life Pennsylvanian first appearances Pennsylvanian extinctions Fossil taxa described in 1931 {{Conodont-stub

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