Mestognathidae 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 ...
family in the order
Ozarkodinida
Ozarkodinida is an extinct conodont order. It is part of the clade Prioniodontida, also known as the "complex conodonts".
Name
Ozarkodinida is named after the Ozark Mountains of Missouri
Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern ...
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Genera are ''
Laterignathus'' and ''
Mestognathus''.
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Ozarkodinida families
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