Chirognathus (conodont)

Conodonta - Prioniodontida

Parent taxon: Prioniodinina according to P. C. J. Donoghue et al. 2008

See also Pyle and Barnes 2002 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Apatognathus, Aphelognathus, Erika, Erismodus, Erraticodon, Hibbardella, Kladognathus, Oulodus

Subtaxa: Chirognathus duodactylus Chirognathus tricostatus

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Type: Chirognathus duodactylus

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Arenig of China (1 collection)

• Arenigian of United States (1: Alaska)

• Ordovician of Australia (2), Canada (2: British Columbia, Ontario), China (4), the Russian Federation (4), United States (8: Colorado, Minnesota, Wyoming)

Total: 22 collections including 50 occurrences

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