Spathognathodontidae 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 ranging from the

Silurian The Silurian ( ) is a geologic period and system spanning 24.6 million years from the end of the Ordovician Period, at million years ago ( Mya), to the beginning of the Devonian Period, Mya. The Silurian is the shortest period of the Paleozo ...

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Devonian The Devonian ( ) is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic era, spanning 60.3 million years from the end of the Silurian, million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Carboniferous, Mya. It is named after Devon, England, whe ...

.On Classification of Pridoli (Silurian)-Lochkovian (Devonian) Spathognathodontidae (Conodonts). Murphy M.A., Valenzuela-Ríos J.I. and Carls P., 2004, University of California, Riverside Campus Museum Contribution, 6, pp. 1-25, 3 Figs
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Genera

Genera are: * †'' Flajsella'' * †'' Lanea'' * †''

Ozarkodina ''Ozarkodina'' is an extinct genus of conodonts in the family Spathognathodontidae. Use in stratigraphy ''Ozarkodina snajdri'' forms a subdivision of the '' Pseudomonoclimacis'' latilobus graptolite zone in the Burgsvik beds Silurian format ...

'' * †'' Spathognathodus'' * †'' Tortodus'' * †'' Wurmiella'' * †''

Zieglerodina ''Zieglerodina'' is an extinct conodont genus in the family Spathognathodontidae. The generic name is a tribute to Willi Ziegler Willi Ziegler (born 13 March 1929 in the neighborhood of Villingen in Hungen, Hessen; died 8 August 2002) was a ...

References

* A new Ludlow (Late Silurian) Spathognathodontidae (Conodonta) from Bohemia with incipient alternating denticulation. P. Carls, L. Slavík and José Ignacio Valenzuela-Ríos, Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Monatshefte, September 2005, 9, pages 547–565.

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.org (retrieved 30 April 2016) Ozarkodinida families Silurian first appearances Devonian extinctions {{Conodont-stub