Conodonta - Protopanderodontida
Parent taxon: Conodonta according to L. J. Pyle and C. R. Barnes 2002
See also Sweet 1988
Sister taxa: Acodina, Aldridgeodus, Aldridgeognathus, Amphigeisinidae, Ancidontus, Ancyrogondolella, Apteracontiodus, Belodellida, Bengtsonella, Branmehla, Chengyuania, Coleodontidae, Costiconus, Dasytodus, Diaphanodus, Dischidognathus, Distacodidae, Dolborodina, Enantiognathus, Euconodonta, Euconodonta, Euconodonta, Fahraeosodus, Falcodus, Gagievodus, Gobduntaulepis, Heterdontoides, Hindeodella andrusovi, Iowagnathus, Llandoverygnathus, Lundodus, Minimodus, Nasusgnathus, Noixodontus, Omanognathus, Oslodus, Ozarkodinida, Palmatodella, Panderodontida, Pandorinella, Paraconodontida, Parvigondolella, Pollognathus, Polygnathida, Polyplacognathida, Prioniodontida, Pseudobelodella, Rexroadus, Rhynchognathodus, Rotundoconus, Sagittodontus, Silurognathus, Spathognathodus, Tardogondolella, Trichonodella, Youngquistognathus, Zygognathus
Subtaxa: Acanthodontidae Clavohamulidae Cornuodontidae Drepanoistodontidae Oneotodontidae Protopanderodontidae Serratognathidae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (1: Oklahoma collection)
• Devonian to Triassic of Greece (1)
• Devonian of Australia (7), Canada (1: Ontario), China (5), Germany (1), Greece (2), Morocco (3), United States (2: Nevada), Vietnam (1)
• Silurian to Devonian of Australia (1)
• Silurian of Australia (1), Canada (2: Québec), Estonia (1), Greece (1), Malaysia (2), the Russian Federation (1), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (95: California, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio)
• Aluoja of Sweden (8)
• Whiterockian of Canada (6: British Columbia, Northwest Territories), United States (12: Nevada)
• Chazyan of United States (1: Tennessee)
• Billingen of Estonia (6), the Russian Federation (3)
• Arenig of Argentina (5), Australia (1), Canada (1: Ontario), China (26), Norway (1), the Russian Federation (5), United States (2: Montana, North Dakota)
• Arenigian of United States (1: Alaska)
• Dawan of China (6)
• Ordovician to Silurian of Canada (21: Nunavut, Québec), United States (1: California)
• Ordovician of Antarctica (1), Argentina (50), Australia (19), Austria (5), Canada (205: British Columbia, Cape Manning, Cornwallis Island, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, Québec), China (131), Czechia (2), Denmark (1), Estonia (24), Germany (1), Greenland (9), Iran (10), Ireland (1), Italy (1), Kazakhstan (7), Lithuania (1), Malaysia (23), Mexico (6), Mongolia (2), New Zealand (8), Norway (2), Peru (1), Poland (14), the Russian Federation (127), South Korea (10), Spain (3), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2), Sweden (38), Thailand (9), the United Kingdom (2), United States (134: Alaska, Colorado, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wyoming)
• Ibexian of United States (2: Nevada, New York)
• Skullrockian of United States (2: New York, Texas)
• Cambrian to Ordovician of Canada (1: Quebec), the Russian Federation (2)
• Cambrian of Australia (5), Canada (18: Alberta, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nunavut, Nunuvat), China (29), Kazakhstan (1), New Zealand (1), Norway (1), the Russian Federation (2), South Korea (12), United States (8: New Mexico, New York, Vermont, Virginia)
Total: 1169 collections including 3232 occurrences