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Prioniodus altodus

Conodonta - Prioniodontida - Balognathidae

Taxonomy
Prioniodus altodus was named by Harlton (1933). Its type specimen is USNM 85518 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Johns Valley Shale, Ouachita Mountains loc. 5, which is in a Bashkirian marine shale in the Johns Valley Formation of Oklahoma.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. abbatus, P. navis, P. oepiki

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Prioniodus altodus Harlton p. 12 figs. pl. 4, fig. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumConodontophorida()
RankNameAuthor
classConodonta
orderPrioniodontida(Dzik 1976)
familyBalognathidaeHass 1959
genusPrioniodusPander 1856
speciesaltodus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Prioniodus altodus Harlton 1933
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Diagnosis
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