Decoriconus fragilis Branson and Mehl 1933 (conodont)

Conodonta - Prioniodontida - Strachanognathidae

Alternative combination: Paltodus fragilis

Full reference: E. B. Branson and M. G. Mehl. 1933. Conodonts from the Bainbridge (Silurian) of Missouri. University of Missouri Studies 8:39-52

Belongs to Decoriconus according to B. J. Cooper 1976

See also Branson and Mehl 1933

Sister taxon: Decoriconus minutus

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Devonian of Australia (6 collections), Austria (31), Morocco (9), United States (1: Texas)

• Silurian to Devonian of Australia (8)

• Silurian of Australia (20), Austria (2), Canada (33: Cape Manning, Cornwallis Island, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec), Estonia (35), Greenland (9), Lithuania (16), Morocco (2), Poland (5), the Russian Federation (7), Sweden (24), the United Kingdom (4), United States (133: Illinois, Missouri, New York, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin)

• Ordovician to Silurian of Canada (1: Nunavut)

• Ordovician to Devonian of Canada (1: Nunavut)

• Ordovician of Canada (6: Cornwallis Island), United States (1: Nevada)

Total: 354 collections each including a single occurrence

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