Anticostiodus

Anticostiodus; Temporal range: Lower Silurian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	†Conodonta
(unranked):	†Prioniodontida
Family:	†Distomodontidae
Genus:	†Anticostiodus; Zhang and Barnes 2000
Type species
	†Anticostiodus fahraeusi;
Species
	†Anticostiodus boltoni; †Anticostiodus fahraeusi;

Anticostiodus is an extinct genus of multielement conodonts. Specimens have been described from the Lower Silurian (early Aeronian) of Gun River Formation of Anticosti Island, Quebec. Two species are included under the genus, Anticostiodus fahraeusi and Anticostiodus boltoni. Both species occur near the base of the Distomodus staurognathoides zone and in an open subtidal environment.^[1]

References

^ Anticostiodus, a new multielement conodont genus from the Lower Silurian, Anticosti Island, Quebec. Shunxin Zhang and Christopher R. Barnes, Journal of Paleontology, Volume 74, Issue 04, July 2000, pages 662-669, doi:10.1017/S0022336000032789

External links

"Anticostiodus". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 3 June 2016.

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[1] Anticostiodus, a new multielement conodont genus from the Lower Silurian, Anticosti Island, Quebec. Shunxin Zhang and Christopher R. Barnes, Journal of Paleontology, Volume 74, Issue 04, July 2000, pages 662-669, doi:10.1017/S0022336000032789

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