Erismodus (conodont)

Conodonta - Prioniodontida

Invalid subtaxa: Microcoelodus Branson and Mehl 1933, Pteroconus Branson and Mehl 1933 [replaced name], Ptiloconus Sweet 1955

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

See also Andrews 1967, Barnes et al. 1979, Sepkoski 2002, Sweet 1955 and Sweet 1988

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

Subtaxa: Erismodus asymmetricus Erismodus gracilis Erismodus quadridactylus Erismodus symmetricus Erismodus typus Ptiloconus tortus

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Argentina (2 collections), Australia (1), Canada (2: British Columbia), China (4), Mongolia (2), the Russian Federation (19), United States (8: Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Wyoming)

• Llandeilo of China (1)

• Whiterockian of Canada (2: British Columbia, Northwest Territories)

• Arenig of Argentina (1), China (1)

Total: 43 collections including 82 occurrences

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