Aspelundia Savage 1985 (conodont)

Conodonta - Prioniodontida - Prioniodinidae

Full reference: N. M. Savage. 1985. Silurian (Llandovery–Wenlock) conodonts from the base of the Heceta Limestone, south- eastern Alaska. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 22:711-727

Parent taxon: Prioniodinidae according to W. C. Sweet 2000

See also Savage 1985, Sepkoski 2002 and Wang and Aldridge 2010

Sister taxa: Diadelognathus, Idioprioniodus, Prioniodina, Pristognathus, Pseudolonchodina

Subtaxa: Aspelundia fluegeli

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Silurian of Canada (44: Cape Manning, Cornwallis Island, Manitoba, Nunavut collections), Estonia (9), Greenland (40), Latvia (1), Sweden (1), United States (7: Utah, Wisconsin)

• Ordovician to Devonian of Canada (11: Nunavut)

• Ordovician to Silurian of Canada (13: Nunavut)

• Ordovician of Greenland (1)

Total: 127 collections including 150 occurrences

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