Prioniodus

Prioniodus
Temporal range: Ordovician–Carboniferous
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Infraphylum: Agnatha
Class: †Conodonta
Clade: †Prioniodontida
Family: †Balognathidae
Genus: †Prioniodus
Pander 1856
Species
  • †Prioniodus altodus Harlton 1933
  • †Prioniodus antiquus Zhen et al. 2023
  • †Prioniodus cacti Gunnell 1933
  • †Prioniodus dactylodus Gunnell 1933
  • †Prioniodus elegans Miller 1889 (type)
  • †Prioniodus galesburgensis Gunnell 1933

Prioniodus is an extinct genus of conodonts in the family Balognathidae from the Ordovician.

Prioniodus elegans is from the Ordovician of Baltoscandia.

References

  1. ↑ Monographie der fossilen fische des silurischen systems des Russisch-baltischen gouvernements. CH Pander, 1856
  2. 1 2 On Pander's Ordovician conodonts: distribution and significance of the Prioniodus elegans fauna in Baltoscandia. SM Bergström, Senckenbergiana lethaea, 1988
  3. ↑ The Conodont Genus Prioniodus and Related Forms. F. H. T. Rhodes and Klaus J. Müller, Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 30, No. 3 (May, 1956), pages 695-699 (Stable URL)