Taphrognathus Temporal range: Mississippian |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | †Conodonta |
(unranked): | †Prioniodontida |
Order: | †Ozarkodinida |
Superfamily: | †Polygnathacea |
Family: | †Cavusgnathidae |
Genus: |
†Taphrognathus Branson and Mehl, 1941 |
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Taphrognathus is an extinct genus of conodonts from the Dinantian (Lower Carboniferous).
In 1947 the name Taphrognathus was also used to describe a prehistoric amphibian from the Middle Triassic of Arizona, but the amphibian was renamed Hadrokkosaurus in 1957 after the synonymy was realized.