Conodonta - Belodellida - Belodellidae
Alternative combination: Acodus curvatus
Full reference: E. B. Branson and C. C. Branson. 1947. Lower Silurian Conodonts from Kentucky. Journal of Paleontology 21(6):549-556
Belongs to Walliserodus according to A. Ferretti and C. R. Barnes 1997
See also Branson and Branson 1947
Sister taxa: Walliserodus amplissimus, Walliserodus bicostatus, Walliserodus rallus, Walliserodus sancticlairi
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Niagaran of Canada (1: Québec collection)
• Silurian of Canada (99: British Columbia, Cape Manning, Cornwallis Island, Manitoba, Nunavut, Quebec, Québec), Greenland (17), Lithuania (14), Norway (8), the Russian Federation (12), Sweden (2), United States (51: Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, Wisconsin)
• Ordovician to Devonian of Canada (5: Nunavut)
• Ordovician to Silurian of Canada (5: Nunavut)
• Ordovician of Canada (16: Cape Manning, Cornwallis Island, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Québec), the Russian Federation (3), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), Sweden (1), United States (9: Nevada, Oklahoma)
Total: 244 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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