Conodonta - Panderodontida - Panderodontidae
Alternative combination: Belodus compressus
Synonyms: Belodina fornicalus Stauffer 1935, Belodina grandis Stauffer 1935, Belodina wykoffensis Stauffer 1935, Belodus grandis Stauffer 1935, Belodus wykoffensis Stauffer 1935, Oistodus fornicalus Stauffer 1935
Full reference: E. B. Branson and M. G. Mehl. 1933. Conodonts from the Plattin (Middle Ordovician) of Missouri. University of Missouri studies 8:101-120
Belongs to Belodina according to Y. Y. Zhen et al. 2010
See also Branson and Mehl 1933, Ethington 1959 and Leslie 1997
Sister taxa: Belodina confluens, Belodina ornata
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Australia (3 collections), Canada (20: British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Québec), China (2), the Russian Federation (6), United States (7: Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Oklahoma)
Total: 38 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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