Cyclostomata - Conodontophorida
Parent taxon: Conodontophorida according to K. J. Mùˆller and I. Hinz 1991
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Sweet 1988
Sister taxa: Algherella, Alternognathus, Amydrotaxis, Angulodus, Axiothea, Caenodontus, Cambropustula, Chirognathacea, Conodonta, Declinognathodus, Dentacodina, Dichodella, Distacodontacea, Elsonella, Embaysgnathus, Eocarniodus, Evencodus, Exochognathus, Fryxellodontacea, Fungulodus, Geniculatus, Hibbardellacea, Hindeodelloides, Hindeodina, Homoiranognathus, Huddlella, Istorinus, Laterignathus, Leutorhinion, Mestognathidae, Mitrellotaxis, Neocavitella, Norigondolella, Oligodus, Ozarcodina, Panderodontacea, Paraprionodus, Pavlovites, Playfordia, Polygnathellus, Prattognathus, Pravognathus, Proconodontacea, Pseudosweetognathus, Ptilognathus, Rhodalepus, Roundya, Schopfodus, Sibiriodus, Steptotaxis, Subbryantodus, Tuxekania, Volgelgnathus, Windsorgnathus, Zieglericonus
Subtaxa: Coelocerodontus trigonius
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (7 collections), Austria (1), Canada (14: Ontario), United States (7: Nevada)
• Silurian of United States (19: Nevada)
• Arenig of China (1)
• Ordovician to Silurian of Canada (2: Nunavut)
• Ordovician of Argentina (7), Canada (14: British Columbia, Cornwallis Island, Northwest Territories), China (5), Denmark (1), Kazakhstan (5), Lithuania (1), United States (8: Minnesota, Oklahoma)
• Cambrian of Australia (4), Canada (2: Newfoundland and Labrador), Kazakhstan (4), United States (2: Vermont)
Total: 104 collections including 111 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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