Proconodontus

{{Short description|Extinct genus of jawless fishes}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = {{fossil_range|Cambrian}} | image = | image_alt = | image_caption = | parent_authority = Lindström, 1970 | taxon = Proconodontus | authority = Miller, 1969 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = * †''Proconodontus carinatus'' * †''Proconodontus gallatini'' * †''Proconodontus muelleri'' * †''Proconodontus notchpeakensis'' * †''Proconodontus posterocostatus'' * †''Proconodontus serratus'' * †''Proconodontus tenuiserratus'' * †''Proconodontus transitans'' | synonyms = }}

'''''Proconodontus''''' is an extinct genus of conodonts in the monotypic family '''Proconodontidae'''.<ref>A suprageneric taxonomy of the conodonts. Maurits Lindström, Lethaia, October 1970, Volume 3, Issue 4, pages 427–445, {{doi|10.1111/j.1502-3931.1970.tb00834.x}}</ref> The specimens are found in Cambrian formations.<ref>Zona de Proconodontus tenuiserratus (Conodonta), Cambrico superior, Formación La Cruz, Mendoza, Argentina. S Heredia, Ameghiniana, 2013</ref><ref>The early Cambrian Proconodontus Fossils in Akesu-Wushen area, Xinjiang, and their geologic significance. Y Sao, G Linzhi, Institute of Geology Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, 1992</ref><ref>Late Cambrian euconodonts from Sweden. Hubert Szaniawski and Stefan Bengtson, 1998, Proceedings of the Sixth European Conodont Symposium (ECOS VI), Palaeontologia Polonica 58, 7-29 ([http://www.palaeontologia.pan.pl/Archive/1998-58_7-29.pdf pdf], retrieved 2 June 2016)</ref>

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Category:Proconodontida genera Category:Cambrian conodonts Category:Paleozoic life of Newfoundland and Labrador Category:Cambrian genus extinctions