Conodonta - Protopanderodontida - Protopanderodontidae
Synonym: Aurilobodus Xiang and Zhang 1983
Parent taxon: Protopanderodontidae according to L. J. Pyle and C. R. Barnes 2002
See also Kuhn and Barnes 2005, Sepkoski 2002 and Sweet 1988
Sister taxa: Colaptoconus, Drepanodus, Eucharodus, Monocostodus, Parutahconus, Planusodus, Polycostatus, Protopanderodus, Scolopodus, Staufferella, Striatodontus, Stultodontus, Variabiloconus, Ventricodus
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Whiterockian of United States (2: Nevada collections)
• Arenig of Argentina (3), China (4)
• Dawan of China (1)
• Ordovician of Argentina (9), Canada (8: British Columbia, Northwest Territories), China (5), Estonia (2), Kazakhstan (1), Malaysia (2), New Zealand (1), the Russian Federation (2)
Total: 40 collections including 42 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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