Conodonta - Prioniodontida - Balognathidae
Alternative spelling: Bryanthodus
Parent taxon: Prioniodidae according to F. H. Gunnell 1933
See also Andreeva et al. 2024 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Amorphognathus, Baltoniodus, Birksfeldia, Complexodus, Icriodella, Lenodus, Pranognathus, Prioniodus, Promissum, Pterospathodus, Rhodesognathus, Trapezognathus, Subprioniodus, Tetraprioniodus, Lonchodus, Synprioniodina, Stiptognathus, Eoneoprioniodus, Lonchodina, Reutterodus, Multidentodus, Euprioniodina
Subtaxa: Bryantodus cameratus Bryantodus delicatus Bryantodus dignatus Bryantodus multidens Bryantodus nobilis Bryantodus rugosus Bryantodus striagatus Bryantodus strigillatus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Malaysia (1 collection), Mexico (1), United States (4: Missouri, Montana)
• Devonian of Bulgaria (1), China (7), France (3), United States (1: Iowa), Western Sahara (2)
• Silurian of Malaysia (2)
Total: 22 collections including 34 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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