Parent taxon: Prioniodontida according to P. C. J. Donoghue et al. 2008
See also Pyle and Barnes 2002, Sepkoski 2002 and Stouge and Bagnoli 1999
Sister taxa: Acodontidae, Anticostiodus, Balognathidae, Balognathoidea, Cyrtoniodontidae, Distomodontidae, Histiodella, Multioistodontidae, Oistodontidae, Paracordylodontidae, Paracordylodus, Periodontidae, Phragmodus, Plectodinidae, Prioniodinida, Prioniodinina, Prioniodontacea, Rhipidognathidae, Sagittodontina, Strachanognathidae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Arenig of Argentina (3 collections), China (2)
• Dawan of China (2)
• Ordovician of Argentina (4), Canada (8: British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Quebec), China (6), Estonia (2), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Utah)
• Ibexian of United States (1: New York)
Total: 31 collections including 32 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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