''Rossodus'' 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 ...
s in the clade
Prioniodontida
Prioniodontida, also known as the "complex conodonts", is a large clade of conodonts that includes two major evolutionary grades; the Prioniodinina and the Ozarkodinina. It includes many of the more famous conodonts, such as the giant ordovician ...
, the "complex conodonts", of the
Early Ordovician
The Ordovician ( ) is a geologic period and system, the second of six periods of the Paleozoic Era. The Ordovician spans 41.6 million years from the end of the Cambrian Period million years ago (Mya) to the start of the Silurian Period Mya.
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Species
Species are,
* †''Rossodus manitouensis
''Rossodus'' is an extinct genus of conodonts in the clade Prioniodontida, the "complex conodonts", of the Early Ordovician
The Ordovician ( ) is a geologic period and system, the second of six periods of the Paleozoic Era. The Ordovician spa ...
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* †'' Rossodus subtilis''
* †'' Rossodus tenuis''
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Prioniodontida genera
Early Ordovician animals
Ordovician conodonts
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