Parent taxon: Paraconodontida according to R. J. Azmi and V. P. Pancholi 1983
See also Clark et al. 1981
Sister taxa: Amphigeisinacea, Furnishina, Muellerodus, Nogamiconus, Proacodus, Problematoconites, Prooneotodus, Prosagittodontus, Serratocambria, Trolmenia, Westergaardodina
Subtaxa: Furnishinidae Westergaardodinidae
Type: Furnishina
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (1: New Mexico collection)
• Tremadoc of China (2), Mexico (2), South Korea (3), United States (1: Colorado)
• Solvan of the Russian Federation (3)
• Amgan of the Russian Federation (2)
• Cambrian of Canada (5: Nova Scotia), China (13), Denmark (2), Greenland (1), Kazakhstan (1), the Russian Federation (3), South Korea (1), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (5), United States (4: New York, Vermont)
Total: 50 collections including 54 occurrences