Polygnathodella is an extinct genus of conodont.

Polygnathodella
Temporal range: Pennsylvanian
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Polygnathodella

Species
  • Polygnathodella ouachitensis

Glen K. Merrill stated in 1963 that "conodont workers have considered Idiognathoides to be a junior synonym of Polygnathodella but it now proves to be a junior synonym of Cavusgnathus. Polygnathodella and Cavusgnathus are shown to form a transitional series."[2]

References

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  1. ^ Micropaleontology of the Pennsylvanian Johns Valley shale of the Ouachita Mountains, Oklahoma, and its relationship to the Mississippian Caney shale. B. H. Harlton, Journal of Paleontology, 1933, 7(1), pages 3-29 (Stable URL)
  2. ^ Polygnathodella Harlton, 1933, or Idiognathoides Harris and Hollingsworth, 1933? Glen K. Merrill, Journal of Paleontology, March 1963, volume 37, issue 2 (abstract)
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  • "Polygnathodella". The Encyclopedia of Life.
  • "Polygnathodella". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 11 July 2016.