Parent taxon: Prioniodontida according to P. C. J. Donoghue et al. 2008
See also Pyle and Barnes 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acodontidae, Anticostiodus, Balognathidae, Balognathoidea, Cyrtoniodontidae, Distomodontidae, Histiodella, Multioistodontidae, Oepikodus, Oistodontidae, Paracordylodontidae, Periodontidae, Phragmodus, Plectodinidae, Prioniodinida, Prioniodinina, Prioniodontacea, Rhipidognathidae, Sagittodontina, Strachanognathidae
Subtaxa: Paracordylodus gracilis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Argentina (1 collection), Australia (2), China (1), Estonia (2), the Russian Federation (1), South Korea (1)
• Arenig of Argentina (1), China (1)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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