Conodonta - Belodellida - Dapsilodontidae
Alternative combination: Distacodus obliquicostatus
Full reference: E. B. Branson and M. G. Mehl. 1933. Conodonts from the Bainbridge (Silurian) of Missouri. University of Missouri Studies 8:39-52
Belongs to Dapsilodus according to B. J. Cooper 1976
See also Branson and Mehl 1933
Sister taxa: Dapsilodus hamari, Dapsilodus mutatus, Dapsilodus praecipuus, Dapsilodus sparsus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Silurian of Argentina (1 collection), Australia (7), Austria (25), Canada (47: British Columbia, Cape Manning, Cornwallis Island, Nunavut, Yukon Territory), the Czech Republic (9), Greenland (18), Italy (31), Lithuania (8), Morocco (2), the Russian Federation (2), Sweden (13), the United Kingdom (7), United States (173: California, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Nevada, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas)
• Ordovician of Canada (6: British Columbia, Cornwallis Island), United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 350 collections each including a single occurrence
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