Conodonta - Prioniodontida - Rhipidognathidae
Full reference: S. M. Bergström, J. B. Carnes, R. L. Ethington, R. B. Votaw, and P. B. Wigley. 1974. Appalachignathus, a new multielement conodont genus from the Middle Ordovician of North America. Journal of Paleontology 48(2):227-236
Parent taxon: Rhipidognathidae according to Y. Y. Zhen et al. 2001
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bergstroemognathus, Rhipidognathus, Tasmanognathus
Subtaxa: Appalachignathus delicatulus
Type: Appalachignathus delicatulus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Chazyan of United States (1: Virginia collection)
• Ordovician of Australia (1), Canada (1: Northwest Territories), Kazakhstan (1), United States (2: Kentucky, Tennessee)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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