Parent taxon: Conodonta according to F. H. T. Rhodes 1953
See also Clark et al. 1981
Sister taxa: Acodina, Aldridgeodus, Aldridgeognathus, Amphigeisinidae, Ancidontus, Ancyrogondolella, Apteracontiodus, Belodellida, Bengtsonella, Branmehla, Chengyuania, Coleodontidae, Costiconus, Dasytodus, Diaphanodus, Dischidognathus, Distacodidae, Enantiognathus, Euconodonta, Euconodonta, Euconodonta, Fahraeosodus, Falcodus, Gagievodus, Gobduntaulepis, Heterdontoides, Hindeodella andrusovi, Iowagnathus, Llandoverygnathus, Lundodus, Minimodus, Nasusgnathus, Noixodontus, Omanognathus, Oslodus, Ozarkodinida, Palmatodella, Panderodontida, Pandorinella, Paraconodontida, Parvigondolella, Polygnathida, Polyplacognathida, Prioniodontida, Protopanderodontida, Pseudobelodella, Rexroadus, Rhynchognathodus, Rotundoconus, Scandodus, Silurognathus, Spathognathodus, Tardogondolella, Trichonodella, Youngquistognathus, Zygognathus
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Silurian of United States (3: Kentucky collections)
• Arenig of China (2)
• Ordovician of Argentina (1), China (1), Spain (2), United States (1: Nevada)
• Cambrian of Australia (3)
Total: 13 collections including 14 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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