Conodonta - Prioniodontida - Balognathidae
Parent taxon: Prioniodidae according to B. H. Harlton 1933
See also Gunnell 1933
Sister taxa: Amorphognathus, Baltoniodus, Birksfeldia, Complexodus, Icriodella, Lenodus, Pranognathus, Prioniodus, Promissum, Pterospathodus, Rhodesognathus, Sagittodontina, Trapezognathus, Subprioniodus, Bryantodus, Stiptognathus, Multidentodus, Lonchodina, Synprioniodina, Eoneoprioniodus, Tetraprioniodus, Reutterodus, Euprioniodina
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of United States (1: Nevada collection)
• Carboniferous of Mexico (1), United States (5: Colorado, Iowa, Missouri, Oklahoma)
• Devonian of United States (1: Iowa)
• Ordovician of the Russian Federation (1), United States (1: Wyoming)
Total: 10 collections including 11 occurrences
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