''Kraussodontus'' is an extinct genus of
gondolellid ozarkodinid
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 of the Late Triassic (late
Carnian
The Carnian (less commonly, Karnian) is the lowermost stage of the Upper Triassic Series (or earliest age of the Late Triassic Epoch). It lasted from 237 to 227 million years ago (Ma). The Carnian is preceded by the Ladinian and is followed by t ...
) in the
Pardonet Formation
The Schooler Creek Group is a Stratigraphy, stratigraphic unit of Middle Triassic, Middle to Late Triassic (Ladinian to Norian) Geochronology, age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. It is present in northeastern British Columbia. It was nam ...
of Canada.
[Five new genera of conodonts from the Carnian-Norian boundary beds of Black Bear Ridge, northeast British Columbia, Canada. Michael J. Orchard, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 2013, volume 61, pages 445–457]
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Ozarkodinida genera
Late Triassic fish
Triassic conodonts
Fossils of Canada
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