Protognathodus is an extinct conodont genus in the family Idiognathodontidae.

Protognathodus
Temporal range: Devonian/Carboniferous
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Protognathodus

Species
  • Protognathodus collinsoni
  • Protognathodus kockeli
  • Protognathodus kuehni
  • Protognathodus meischneri
Synonyms

Protognathus (preoccupied by Protognathus Basilewsky 1950, which is considered syn. of Pseudognathaphanus Schauberger, 1932)

References

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  • The stratigraphical significance of the Protognathodus fauna from Stockum (Devonian/Carboniferous boundary, Rhenish Schiefergebirge). Alberti H, Groos-Uffenorde H, Streel M, Uffenorde H and Walliser OH, Newsletters on Stratigraphy, 1 Oct. 1974, Volume 3, Number 4, pages 263-276
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  • "Protognathodus". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 15 May 2016.