Acanthodus, the Glossary
Acanthodus is an extinct genus of conodonts.[1]
Table of Contents
9 relations: Animal, Chordate, Conodont, Furongian, Gasconade River, National Museum of Natural History, Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, Tremadocian, William M. Furnish.
- Cambrian conodonts
- Conodont genera
- Early Ordovician extinctions
- Furongian first appearances
- Ordovician conodonts
- Ordovician genus extinctions
- Tremadocian
Animal
Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms in the biological kingdom Animalia.
Chordate
A chordate is a deuterostomic animal belonging to the phylum Chordata. All chordates possess, at some point during their larval or adult stages, five distinctive physical characteristics (synapomorphies) that distinguish them from other taxa.
Conodont
Conodonts (Greek kōnos, "cone", + odont, "tooth") are an extinct group of eel-looking agnathan (jawless) vertebrates, classified in the class Conodonta. Acanthodus and Conodont are Furongian first appearances.
Furongian
The Furongian is the fourth and final epoch and series of the Cambrian.
Gasconade River
The Gasconade River is about longU.S. Geological Survey.
See Acanthodus and Gasconade River
National Museum of Natural History
The National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) is a natural history museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States.
See Acanthodus and National Museum of Natural History
Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin
Prairie du Chien is a city in and the county seat of Crawford County, Wisconsin, United States.
See Acanthodus and Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin
Tremadocian
The Tremadocian is the lowest stage of Ordovician.
See Acanthodus and Tremadocian
William M. Furnish
William Madison Furnish (August 17, 1912, in Tipton, Iowa – November 9, 2007) was an American paleontologist.
See Acanthodus and William M. Furnish
See also
Cambrian conodonts
- Acanthodus
- Cordylodus
- Eoconodontus
- Furnishina
- Gapparodus
- Hertzina
- Kallidontus
- Mongolodus
- Proconodontus
- Protoconodont
- Protohertzina
- Utahconus
- Variabiloconus
- Westergaardodina
Conodont genera
- Acanthodus
- Acodus
- Ancyrodella
- Ancyrognathus
- Budurovignathus
- Chiosella
- Colaptoconus
- Cornuodus
- Culumbodina
- Curtognathus
- Cypridodella
- Declinognathodus
- Dollymae
- Eolinguipolygnathus
- Furnishina
- Gapparodus
- Hertzina
- Hindeodus
- Histiodella
- Idiognathoides
- List of conodont genera
- Lochriea
- Metapolygnathus
- Misikella
- Mockina
- Mongolodus
- Muellerilepis
- Nealeodus
- Neognathodus
- Neohindeodella
- Neostreptognathodus
- Oncodella
- Panderodus
- Parvigondolella
- Periodon
- Polygnathodella
- Protohertzina
- Siphonodella
- Spinodus
- Utahconus
- Variabiloconus
- Vjalovognathus
- Westergaardodina
- Zieglericonus
Early Ordovician extinctions
- Acanthodus
- Bassleroceratidae
- Cambrian–Ordovician extinction event
- Choia
- Clarkoceras
- Cyclostomiceratidae
- Ectenolites
- Ellesmeroceratidae
- Entomaspididae
- Matthevia
- Piloceratidae
- Protocycloceratidae
- Rangeroceratidae
- Tarphyceratidae
- Utahconus
- Variabiloconus
Furongian first appearances
- Acanthodus
- Bellerophontidae
- Cheiruridae
- Cheirurina
- Conodont
- Harpetidae
- Kallidontus
- Lichida
- Nautiloid
- Odontopleuridae
- Protactinocerida
- Pteraspidomorphi
- Trinucleioidea
- Utahconus
- Variabiloconus
- Yanhecerida
Ordovician conodonts
- Acanthodus
- Amorphognathus
- Appalachignathus
- Baltoniodus
- Colaptoconus
- Curtognathus
- Histiodella
- Iapetognathus
- Iapetognathus fluctivagus
- Iapetonudus
- Kallidontus
- Microzarkodina
- Nealeodus
- Notiodella
- Panderodus
- Paracordylodus
- Prioniodus
- Promissum
- Protoprioniodus
- Rhipidognathidae
- Rossodus
- Scotlandia (conodont)
- Utahconus
- Variabiloconus
- Westergaardodina
Ordovician genus extinctions
- Acanthodus
- Choia
- Eldonia
- Entomaspis
- Furca (genus)
- Hamptonia
- Ogyginus
- Selkirkia
Tremadocian
- Aber Mawr Formation
- Acanthodus
- Birmanites
- Calymene
- Fezouata Formation
- Green Point Formation
- Iscayachi Formation
- Kallidontus
- Megistaspis
- Mesón Group
- Middle Arm Point Formation
- South Stack Formation
- Suecoceras
- Tarija Concha Formation
- Tremadog
- Tucumilla Formation
- Utahconus
- Variabiloconus
- Vogtendorf Formation
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acanthodus
Also known as Suberectiform element, USNM 498518.