Conodonta - Protopanderodontida
Parent taxon: Conodonta according to L. J. Pyle and C. R. Barnes 2002
See also Sweet 1988
Sister taxa: Acodina, Aduncodina, Aldridgeodus, Aldridgeognathus, Amphigeisinidae, Ancidontus, Ancyrogondolella, Apteracontiodus, Belodellida, Bengtsonella, Branmehla, Chengyuania, Chiosella, Coleodontidae, Costiconus, Dasytodus, Diaphanodus, Dischidognathus, Distacodidae, Enantiognathus, Euconodonta, Euconodonta, Euconodonta, Fahraeosodus, Falcodus, Gagievodus, Gobduntaulepis, Heterdontoides, Iowagnathus, Kamagnathus, Kashmirella, Llandoverygnathus, Lundodus, Minimodus, Nasusgnathus, Neostrachanognathus, Noixodontus, Omanognathus, Oslodus, Ozarkodinida, Palmatodella, Panderodontida, Pandorinella, Paraconodontida, Parvigondolella, Paullella, Polyplacognathida, Prioniodontida, Pseudobelodella, Rexroadus, Rhynchognathodus, Rotundoconus, Sagittodontus, Scandodus, Silurognathus, Spathognathodus, Sweetospathodus, Tardogondolella, Triassospathodus, 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)
• Ordovician to Silurian of Canada (21: Nunavut, Québec)
• Ordovician of Antarctica (1), Argentina (50), Australia (19), Austria (2), Canada (201: British Columbia, Cape Manning, Cornwallis Island, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, Québec), China (130), the Czech Republic (2), Denmark (1), Estonia (30), Germany (1), Greenland (9), Iran (10), Ireland (1), Italy (1), Kazakhstan (7), Lithuania (1), Malaysia (23), Mexico (5), Mongolia (1), New Zealand (9), Norway (2), Peru (1), Poland (14), the Russian Federation (104), South Korea (10), Spain (3), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2), Sweden (46), Thailand (9), the United Kingdom (1), United States (140: Alaska, California, Colorado, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wyoming)
• Llandeilo of China (2)
• Whiterockian of Canada (6: British Columbia, Northwest Territories), United States (8: Nevada)
• Arenig of Argentina (4), Australia (1), Canada (1: Ontario), China (26), Norway (1), the Russian Federation (5), United States (2: Montana, North Dakota)
• Dawan of China (6)
• Arenigian of United States (1: Alaska)
• Cassinian of Canada (1: Quebec), the United Kingdom (1)
• Cambrian to Ordovician of Canada (1: Quebec), the Russian Federation (1)
• Cambrian of Australia (3), Canada (18: Alberta, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nunavut, Nunuvat), China (28), Kazakhstan (1), Norway (1), the Russian Federation (2), South Korea (12), United States (8: New Mexico, New York, Vermont, Virginia)
Total: 1127 collections including 3081 occurrences