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Balognathidae ✝
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| Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Conodonta : Balognathidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 485 - 478 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 307 - 304 Ma Carboniferous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Conodonta) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Conodonta) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Conodonta) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | hydroxylapatite (based on Conodonta) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | P. C. J. Donoghue, M. A. Purnell, and R. J. Aldridge, S. Zhang. 2008. The interrelationships of 'complex' conodonts (Vertebrata). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 6(2):119-153 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Amorphognathus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 124 | 479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 443 Ma Silurian | |
| Baltoniodus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 108 | 479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 458 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
| Birksfeldia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 458 Ma Middle Ordovician | 445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Icriodella ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 116 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 433 Ma Silurian | |
| Polyplacognathus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 27 | 470 Ma Middle Ordovician | 458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Prioniodus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 65 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 307 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Promissum ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Pterospathodus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 228 | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 431 Ma Silurian | |
| Trapezognathus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 23 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 470 Ma Middle Ordovician |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1959 | Balognathidae Hass |
| 1976 | Balognathidae Dzik |
| 2008 | Balognathidae Donoghue et al. p. 138 |
References
| Donoghue P. C. J., Purnell M. A., et al (2008) The interrelationships of 'complex' conodonts (Vertebrata), Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 6 2, 119-153 doi:10.1017/S1477201907002234 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
