Aulacognathus Mostler 1967 (conodont)

Conodonta - Ozarkodinida - Pterospathodontidae

Alternative spelling: Aulocognathus

Synonym: Neospathognathodus Nicoll and Rexroad 1968

Full reference: H. Mostler. 1967. Conodonten aus dem tieferen Silur der Kitzbühler Alpen (Tirol). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 71:295-303

Parent taxon: Pterospathodontidae according to W. C. Sweet 1988

See also Cooper 1977, Musteikis and Cocks 2004 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Apsidognathus, Astropentagnathus, Carniodus, Galerodus, Icriognathus, Johnognathus, Polygnathoides

Subtaxa: Aulacognathus bullatus Aulacognathus latus

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Niagaran of Canada (1: Québec collection)

• Silurian of Australia (2), Canada (13: Cape Manning, Cornwallis Island, Manitoba, Nunavut), China (3), Estonia (3), Greenland (17), the Russian Federation (1), United States (27: California, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Utah)

• Ordovician to Devonian of Canada (2: Nunavut)

• Ordovician to Silurian of Canada (1: Nunavut)

Total: 70 collections including 88 occurrences

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