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Utahconus
Temporal range: Furongian–Tremadocian
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Utahconus

Species
  • Utahconus longipinnatus
  • Utahconus oneotensis
  • Utahconus purmamarcensis
  • Utahconus scandodiformis
  • Utahconus tarutaoensis
  • Utahconus tenuis
  • Utahconus tortibasis
  • Utahconus utahensis

Utahconus is an extinct genus of conodonts.

Utahconus purmamarcensis, U. scandodiformis and U. tortibasis are from the Late Cambrian (late Furongian) or early Ordovician (Tremadocian) of the Santa Rosita Formation in the Tilcara Range, Cordillera Oriental of Jujuy in Argentina.[2]

References

  1. ^ Taxonomic revisions of some Upper Cambrian and Lower Ordovician Conodonts with comments on their Evolution. Miller, J. F., The University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions: Paper 99, page 1-39 (URL, ISSN 0075-5052)
  2. ^ New conodont species and biostratigraphy of the Santa Rosita Formation (upper Furongian–Tremadocian) in the Tilcara Range, Cordillera Oriental of Jujuy, Argentina. Fernando J. Zeballo and Guillermo L. Albanesi, Geological Journal, 2013, volume 48, issues 2–3, pages 170–193, doi:10.1002/gj.2425