''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 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, India or in Chaohu, 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,

External links

* * Ozarkodinida genera Triassic conodonts {{conodont-stub