Conodonta - Ozarkodinida - Palmatolepidae
Parent taxon: Ozarkodinina according to P. C. J. Donoghue et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Bactrognathidae, Ozarkodina, Polygnathacea, Scaliognathus, Yaoxianognathus
Subtaxa: Mesotaxis Palmatolepis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Devonian to Triassic of Greece (1)
• Devonian of Algeria (3), Australia (6), Austria (4), Bulgaria (1), Canada (7: Ontario), China (124), Czechia (12), France (13), Germany (48), Greece (7), Iran (3), Mongolia (2), Morocco (28), Poland (30), Portugal (1), the Russian Federation (17), Spain (12), Tajikistan (2), United States (33: Arizona, California, Indiana, Iowa, New Mexico, New York, Utah), Vietnam (7), Western Sahara (2)
• Silurian of Greece (1)
Total: 365 collections including 1292 occurrences