Conodonta - Prioniodontida - Balognathidae
Parent taxon: Balognathidae according to P. C. J. Donoghue et al. 2008
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Amorphognathus, Baltoniodus, Birksfeldia, Complexodus, Lenodus, Pranognathus, Prioniodus, Promissum, Pterospathodus, Rhodesognathus, Trapezognathus, Synprioniodina, Lonchodina, Bryantodus, Stiptognathus, Tetraprioniodus, Multidentodus, Euprioniodina, Subprioniodus, Reutterodus, Lonchodus, Eoneoprioniodus
Subtaxa: Icriodella deflecta Icriodella prominens
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (69: Manitoba, Quebec, Québec collections), Ireland (1), Mongolia (1), Norway (7), the Russian Federation (6), Sweden (1), United States (4: Indiana, Wisconsin)
• Ordovician of Argentina (1), Austria (4), Canada (4: Québec), the Czech Republic (1), Germany (1), Ireland (1), Italy (1), Mongolia (2), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (2), Sweden (2), United States (10: Minnesota, New York, Oklahoma)
Total: 122 collections including 130 occurrences
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