''Neospathodus'' is an extinct genus 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, which ...

Use in stratigraphy

The base of the

Olenekian In the geologic timescale, the Olenekian is an age in the Early Triassic epoch; in chronostratigraphy, it is a stage in the Lower Triassic series. It spans the time between Ma and Ma (million years ago). The Olenekian is sometimes divided into ...

stage of the Early Triassic is at the lowest occurrence of ''Neospathodus waageni''. It is defined as ending near the lowest occurrences of '' Chiosella timorensis''. The GSSP Candidate sections are in the Mud (Muth) village in the

Spiti valley Spiti (pronounced as Piti in Bhoti language) is a high-altitude region of the Himalayas, located in the north-eastern part of the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. The name "Spiti" means "The middle land", i.e. the land between Tibe ...

, India or in

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, China.

References

* Taxonomy and correlation of Lower Triassic (Spathian) segminate conodonts from Oman and revision of some species of Neospathodus. M. J. Orchard, Journal of Paleontology, Volume 69, Issue 01, January 1995, pages 110–122,

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* * Ozarkodinida genera Triassic conodonts {{conodont-stub