†family Proconodontidae Lindstrom 1970 (conodont)
Conodonta - Proconodontida - Proconodontidae
Parent taxon: Proconodontida according to L. J. Pyle and C. R. Barnes 2002
See also Clark et al. 1981, Stouge 1984 and Sweet 1988
Sister taxa: Cordylodontidae, Fryxellodontidae
Subtaxa: Cordylodontinae Proconodontus
Type: Proconodontus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Argentina (1 collection), China (2), Estonia (3), the Russian Federation (6)
• Taoyuanian of China (1)
• Cambrian of Canada (5: Alberta, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nunavut, Nunuvat), China (11), New Zealand (1), the Russian Federation (1), South Korea (8), Sweden (2), United States (7: New Mexico, Vermont, Virginia)
Total: 48 collections including 58 occurrences