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, Euprioniodina, Subprioniodus, Lonchodina, Synprioniodina, Bryantodus, Eoneoprioniodus, Lonchodus, Stiptognathus, Multidentodus, Reutterodus, Tetraprioniodus
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)
• Dawan of China (3)
• Arenig of Argentina (1), Norway (3)
• Ordovician of Canada (4: British Columbia, Northwest Territories), China (3), Estonia (7), Germany (1), Iran (1), New Zealand (1), Norway (1), the Russian Federation (11), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), United States (1: Oklahoma)
• Tremadoc of Kazakhstan (1)
Total: 47 collections including 51 occurrences
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