Conodonta - Ozarkodinida - Gondolellidae
Parent taxon: Gondolellidae according to A. M. Kilic̀§ et al. 2015
See also Clark et al. 1981 and Wang et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Acuminatella, Carnepigondolella, Clarkina, Cornudininae, Cratognathodus, Epigondolella, Epigondolellinae, Gondolella, Hayashiella, Icriospathodus, Kraussodontus, Mesogondolella, Mullerinae, Neogondolellinae, Nicoraella, Novispathodinae, Paullella, Platyvillosus, Primatella, Scythogondolellinae, Sephardiellinae, Sweetospathodus, Xaniognathus, Chirodella, Sweetocristatus
Subtaxa: Metapolygnathus communisti Metapolygnathus linguiformis Metapolygnathus primitia Metapolygnathus vialovi
Type: Metapolygnathus communisti
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Kaihikuan of United States (1: Nevada collection)
• Triassic of Austria (11), Canada (18: British Columbia), China (2), Germany (1), Greece (8), Hungary (8), Indonesia (1), Japan (5), Malaysia (4), the Russian Federation (21), Slovakia (1), United States (3: Alaska, Nevada)
• Carboniferous of Greece (1)
Total: 85 collections including 125 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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