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Alternognathus

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Alternognathus
Temporal range: Famennian
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Alternognathus

Species
  • Alternognathus beulensis
  • Alternognathus regularis

Alternognathus is an extinct conodont genus in the family Elictognathidae. An extensive study on its population dynamics and lifespan has recently been published.[1]


References

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  1. ^ Przemysław Świś (2019). "Population dynamics of the Late Devonian conodont Alternognathus calibrated in days". Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology. in press. doi:10.1080/08912963.2018.1427088.
  • Important candidate sections for stratotype of conodont based Devonian-Carboniferous boundary. Willi Ziegler and Charles A. Sandberg, Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, 1984
  • Palmatolepis-based revision of upper part of standard Late Devonian conodont zonation. Willi Ziegler and Charles A. Sandberg, GSA Special Papers, 1984, volume 196, pages 179–194, doi:10.1130/SPE196-p179
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