Conodonta - Prioniodontida - Balognathidae
Parent taxon: Balognathidae according to P. C. J. Donoghue et al. 2008
See also Gunnell 1933, Harlton 1933, Pyle and Barnes 2002, Sepkoski 2002 and Stouge and Bagnoli 1999
Sister taxa: Amorphognathus, Baltoniodus, Birksfeldia, Complexodus, Icriodella, Lenodus, Pranognathus, Promissum, Pterospathodus, Rhodesognathus, Trapezognathus, Synprioniodina, Tetraprioniodus, Bryantodus, Eoneoprioniodus, Subprioniodus, Lonchodina, Multidentodus, Stiptognathus, Euprioniodina, Reutterodus, Lonchodus
Subtaxa: Prioniodus alatus Prioniodus altodus Prioniodus cacti Prioniodus dactylodus Prioniodus galesburgensis Prioniodus hercynicus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (5: Iowa, Missouri, Oklahoma collections)
• Devonian of United States (1: New York)
• Whiterockian of United States (2: Nevada)
• Billingen of Estonia (3), the Russian Federation (3)
• Arenig of Argentina (1), Norway (3)
• Dawan of China (3)
• Ordovician of Canada (4: British Columbia, Northwest Territories), China (3), Estonia (4), Germany (1), Iran (1), Kazakhstan (1), New Zealand (1), Norway (1), the Russian Federation (9), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), United States (1: Oklahoma)
Total: 48 collections including 52 occurrences
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