''Prioniodus'' is an extinct genus of
conodont
Conodonts (Greek ''kōnos'', "cone", + ''odont'', "tooth") are an extinct group of agnathan (jawless) vertebrates resembling eels, classified in the class Conodonta. For many years, they were known only from their tooth-like oral elements, which ...
s in the family
Balognathidae
Balognathidae is an extinct conodont family.
Genera
Genera are:
* †'' Amorphognathus''
* †'' Baltoniodus''
* †'' Birksfeldia''
* †'' Icriodella''
* †'' Notiodella''
* †'' Polyplacognathus''
* †'' Prioniodus''
* †''Promissum''
* ...
from the Ordovician.
[On Pander's Ordovician conodonts: distribution and significance of the Prioniodus elegans fauna in Baltoscandia. SM Bergström, Senckenbergiana lethaea, 1988][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
''Prioniodus elegans'' is from the Ordovician of
Baltoscandia
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References
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Prioniodontida genera
Ordovician conodonts
Paleozoic life of the Northwest Territories
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