Cyclostomi - Prioniodontida - Balognathidae
Parent taxon: Prioniodontidae according to S. Stouge and G. Bagnoli 1999
Sister taxa: Amorphognathus, Baltoniodus, Birksfeldia, Complexodus, Icriodella, Lenodus, Pranognathus, Prioniodus, Promissum, Pterospathodus, Rhodesognathus, Sagittodontina, Trapezognathus, Synprioniodina, Stiptognathus, Lonchodus, Bryantodus, Multidentodus, Eoneoprioniodus, Acodus, Euprioniodina, Reutterodus, Lonchodina, Subprioniodus
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Whiterockian of United States (2: Nevada collections)
• Arenigian of United States (1: Alaska)
• Arenig of China (1)
• Dawan of China (3)
• Ordovician of Canada (2: Northwest Territories), China (4), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (2), United States (2: Minnesota)
Total: 19 collections including 20 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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