Abstract
A restudy of the types of Cavusgnathus alta and C. cristata shows that they are conspecific and the latter is a junior synonym. Specimens assigned to this species are all from rocks of Mississippian age.
C. B. Rexroad, H. R. Lane; Clarification of Cavusgnathus alta, type species of the conodont genus Cavusgnathus. Journal of Paleontology 1966;; 40 (6): 1391–1392. doi:
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A restudy of the types of Cavusgnathus alta and C. cristata shows that they are conspecific and the latter is a junior synonym. Specimens assigned to this species are all from rocks of Mississippian age.