Conodonta - Ozarkodinida - Polygnathidae
Parent taxon: Polygnathidae according to D.L. Clark et al. 1981
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Ancyrodella, Ancyrodelloides, Ancyrognathus, Ancyrolepis, Avignathus, Bispathodus, Cavusgnathus, Hemilistrona, Kimognathus, Linguipolygnathus, Masaraella, Mehlina, Neopolygnathus, Nodognathus, Palmatolepinae, Pandorinellina, Polygnathus, Polylophodonta, Pseudopolygnathus, Rhachistognathus, Scaphignathus, Schmidtognathus, Synclydagnathus, Zieglerina
Subtaxa: Siphonodella uralica
Ecology: nektonic carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Osagean of United States (2: California collections)
• Carboniferous of Austria (6), China (24), Germany (2), the Russian Federation (12), United States (3: California, Virginia)
• Devonian of China (11), Germany (1), Greece (3)
Total: 64 collections including 180 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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