Conodonta - Ozarkodinida - Pterospathodontidae
Alternative combinations: Aulocognathus bullatus, Neospathognathodus bullatus
Full reference: R. S. Nicoll and C. B. Rexroad. 1968. Stratigraphy and conodont paleontology of the Salamonie Dolomite and Lee Creek Member of the Brassfield Limestone (Silurian) in southeastern Indiana and adjacent Kentucky. Department of Natural Resources Geological Survey Bulletin 40:1-73
Belongs to Aulocognathus according to B. J. Cooper 1977
See also Chen et al. 2002, Klapper and Murphy 1974 and Nicoll and Rexroad 1968
Sister taxon: Aulacognathus latus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Niagaran of Canada (1: Québec collection)
• Silurian of Canada (11: Cape Manning, Cornwallis Island, Manitoba), China (1), Greenland (13), the Russian Federation (1), United States (9: Indiana, Iowa, Nevada)
• Ordovician to Silurian of Canada (1: Nunavut)
• Ordovician to Devonian of Canada (1: Nunavut)
Total: 38 collections each including a single occurrence
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