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Pterospathodus Walliser 1964 (conodont)

Conodonta - Prioniodontida - Balognathidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 34049

Full reference: O. H. Walliser. 1964. Conodonten des Silurs. Abhandlungen des Hessischen Landesamtes für Bodenforschung 41:1-106

Parent taxon: Balognathidae according to P. C. J. Donoghue et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Amorphognathus, Baltoniodus, Birksfeldia, Icriodella, Polyplacognathus, Prioniodus, Promissum, Trapezognathus

Subtaxa: Pterospathodus amorphognathoides, Pterospathodus celloni, Pterospathodus eopennatus, Pterospathodus pennatus

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Type: Pterospathodus amorphognathoides

Ecology: nektonic carnivore