Petromyzontida - Prioniodontida - Oistodontidae
Parent taxon: Oistodontidae according to L. J. Pyle and C. R. Barnes 2002
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Sweet 1988
Sister taxa: Graciloconus, Juanognathinae, Jumudontus, Oistodontinae, Rossodus, Tricostatus, Tripodontinae
Subtaxa: Oistodus lanceolatus Oistodus minutus Oistodus orientalis Oistodus tablepointensis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Whiterockian of Canada (1: Northwest Territories collection), United States (4: Nevada)
• Billingen of Estonia (6), the Russian Federation (1)
• Arenigian of United States (1: Alaska)
• Arenig of Argentina (2), China (18), the Russian Federation (1)
• Dawan of China (4)
• Ordovician of Argentina (6), Australia (2), Canada (35: British Columbia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories), China (21), Estonia (2), Iran (1), Kazakhstan (2), Malaysia (3), Mongolia (1), New Zealand (6), the Russian Federation (16), Spain (2), Sweden (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (10: Minnesota, Nevada, New York, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
• Ibexian of United States (1: New York)
Total: 149 collections including 163 occurrences
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