Cordylodus

Cordylodus is an extinct genus of conodonts in the family of Cordylodontidae.

Cordylodus
Temporal range: Furongian
~488–416 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
†Conodonta
Order:
†Proconodontida
Family:
†Cordylodontidae
Genus:
†Cordylodus

Species
  • †C. andresi
  • †C. angulatus
  • †C. caboti
  • †C. caseyi
  • †C. drucei
  • †C. excavatus
  • †C. intermedius
  • †C. lindstromi
  • †C. primitivus
  • †C. prion
  • †C. proavus
  • †C. rotundatus
  • †C. viruanus

Use in stratigraphy

It is suggested that Cordylodus andresi can be a marker of the Cambrian Stage 10.

Distribution

Fossils of Cordylodus have been found in Argentina, Australia, Canada (Quebec), China, Colombia (Tarqui, Huila),[2] Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Mexico, Norway, the Russian Federation, Sweden, and the United States, in the states of Alaska, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, Oklahoma (Bromide Formation), Vermont and Wyoming.[3]

C. horridus has been recovered from the Blakely Sandstone and C. angulatus from the Collier Shale, Ordovician geologic formations in the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas and Oklahoma.

References
  1. C. Pander. 1856. Monographie der fossilen Fische des silurischen Systems des Russisch-Baltischen Gouvernements.
  2. Moreno et al., 2008, p.10
  3. Cordylodus at fossilworks.org (retrieved 29 June 2016)

Bibliography


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