Iapetonudus

Iapetonudus is an extinct genus of conodonts.

Iapetonudus Temporal range: Early Ordovician PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	†Conodonta
Order:	†Proconodontida
Genus:	†Iapetonudus Nicoll at al, 1999[1]
Species
†Iapetonudus ibexensis[2]

Like other members of its genus, Iapetognathus fluctivagus had ramiform (branching) array of elements (apparatus). It is believed that the ramiform apparatus in Iapetognathus fluctivagus evolved from the coniform (cone-like) apparatus of Iapetonudus ibexensis.^[3]

See also

• Iapetus Ocean, an ocean that existed in the late Neoproterozoic and early Paleozoic eras of the geologic timescale (between 600 and 400 million years ago)