Parent taxon: Conodonta according to K. S. Seo et al. 1994
See also Clark et al. 1981
Sister taxa: Acodina, Aldridgeodus, Aldridgeognathus, Amphigeisinidae, Ancidontus, Ancyrogondolella, Apteracontiodus, Belodellida, Bengtsonella, Branmehla, Chengyuania, Coleodontidae, Costiconus, Dasytodus, Diaphanodus, Dischidognathus, Distacodidae, 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, Polygnathida, Polyplacognathida, Prioniodontida, Protopanderodontida, Pseudobelodella, Rexroadus, Rhynchognathodus, Rotundoconus, Sagittodontus, Silurognathus, Spathognathodus, Tardogondolella, Trichonodella, Youngquistognathus, Zygognathus
Subtaxa: Scandodus rectus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (5: Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Ontario collections), China (8), Estonia (7), Malaysia (1), Mongolia (1), the Russian Federation (22), South Korea (1), Spain (1), United States (1: Utah)
• Llandeilo of China (1)
• Whiterockian of United States (7: Nevada)
• Cassinian of the United Kingdom (1)
• Arenig of Argentina (2), China (6), the Russian Federation (2)
• Dawan of China (1)
Total: 67 collections including 71 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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