HIERARCHICAL CLASSIFICATION OF THE SUPERCLASS CONODONTOMORPHI+
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SUPERCLASS CONODONTOMORPHI LINKS
| The following descriptions come from Benton (2005) and Nelson (2006). The structure of the following system is based on Sweet and Donoghue (2001). Taxa in red are extinct. |
- SUPERCLASS CONODONTOMORPHI+
- CLASS CONODONTA
- Although many genera are recognized, they are based on tooth morphology; so, relationships between the taxa are artificial.
- Late Cambrian to late Triassic
- UNASSIGNED GENERA
- Acodus, Amorphognathus, Anticostiodus, Basselodus, Belodina, Carniodus, Cornuodus, Culumbodina, Curtognathus, Dapsilodus, Decoriconus, Diaphorodus, Drepanodus, Erismodus, Erraticodon, Fahraeusodus, Gamachignathus, Hamarodus, Histiodella, Istorinus, Juanognathus, Jumudontus, Kallidontus, Lenodus, Microzarkodina, Oepikodus, Oistodus, Oulodus, Paroistodus, Pedavis, Phragmodus, Polonodus, Pseudobelodina, Pseudooneotodus, Pteracontiodus, Pterospathodus, Pygodus, Scabbardella, Scolopodus, Scyphoidus, Spinodus, Staufferella, Stereoconus, Strachanognathus, Streptognathus, Taoqupognathus, Tripodus, Walliserodus, Yaoxianognathus.
- ? Semiaccontiodus, Clavohamulus, Drepanoistidus, Utahconus, Hirsutodontus, Clydagnathus
- UNASSIGNED FAMILY
- FAMILY PARACORDYLODONTIDAE
- Paracordylodus.
- SUBCLASS CAVIDONTI
- ORDER PROCONODONTIDA
- UNASSIGNED GENERA
- Proconodontus
- FAMILY FRYXELLODONTIDAE
- Dzikodus, Kallidontus.
- FAMILY PYGODONTIDAE
- FAMILY CORDYLODONTIDAE
- Cordylodus, Econodontus, Iapetognathus.
- FAMILY ASELLIIDAE
- FAMILY DAPSILODONTIDAE
- FAMILY BELODELLIDAE
- ORDER PROCONODONTIDA
- SUBCLASS CONODONTI
- ORDER PROTOPANDERODONTIDA
- FAMILY PROTOPANDERODONTIDAE
- Protopanderodus.
- FAMILY CLAVOHAMULIDAE
- FAMILY DREPANOISTODONTIDAE
- Drepanoistododus
- FAMILY ACANTHODONTIDAE
- ORDER PANDERODONTIDA
- Incertae Sedis:
- Teridontus
- FAMILY PANDERODONTIDAE
- Panderodus.
- ORDER PRIONIODONTIDA
- UNASSIGNED GENUS
- Rossodus
- FAMILY MULTIOISTODONTIDAE
- FAMILY OISTODONTIDAE
- FAMILY PERIODONTIDAE
- Periodon.
- FAMILY RHIPIDOGNATHIDAE
- Trincodus, Appalachignathus, Bergstroemognathus, Rhipidognathus.
- FAMILY PRIONIODONTIDAE
- Prioniodus, Reutterodus, Striptognathus.
- FAMILY BALOGNATHIDAE (?)
- FAMILY POLYPLACOGNATHIDAE
- FAMILY DISTOMODONTIDAE
- Distomodus.
- FAMILY ICRIODELLIDAE
- Icriodella.
- FAMILY ICRIODONTIDAE
- Icriodus.
- FAMILY CYRTONIODONTIDAE
- ORDER PRIONIODINIDA
- UNASSIGNED GENERA
- Hibbardella, Idioprionodus, Kladognathus, Phragmodus.
- FAMILY CHIROGNATIDAE
- Chirognathus.
- FAMILY PRIONIODINIDAE
- Promissum.
- FAMILY BACTROGNATHIDAE
- FAMILY ELLISONIIDAE
- FAMILY GONDOLELLIDAE
- Gondolella, Neogondolella.
- FAMILY PLECTODINIDAE (paraphyletic)
- Aphelognathus, Plectodina, Baltoniodus.
- ORDER OZARKODINIDA
- UNASSIGNED GENERA
- Cordylodus
- FAMILY SPATHOGNATHODONTIDAE
- Ancyrodella, Ancyrognathus, Ozarkodina.
- FAMILY PTEROSPATHODONTIDAE
- FAMILY KOCKELELLIDAE
- FAMILY POLYGNATHIDAE
- Polygnathus.
- FAMILY PALMATOLEPIDAE
- Plamatolepis.
- FAMILY ANCHIGNATHODONTIDAE
- FAMILY ELECTOGNATHIDAE
- FAMILY GNATHODONTIDAE
- FAMILY IDIOGNATHODONTIDAE
- FAMILY MESOGNATHIDAE
- FAMILY CAVUSGNATHIDAE
- FAMILY SWEETOGNATHIDAE
- ORDER PROTOPANDERODONTIDA
| LITERATURE CITED Benton, M. J. 2005. Vertebrate Paleontology. Third Edition. Blackwell Publishing, Malden, MA. [L] Donoghue, P. C. J., P. L. Forey, and R. J. Aldridge. 2000. Conodont affinity and chordate phylogeny. Biological Reviews. 75: 191–251. Janvier, P. 2008a. Early jawless vertebrates and cyclostome origins. Zoological Science. 25: 1045-1056. Nelson, J. S. 2006. Fishes of the World. 4th edition. John Wiley and Sons, Inc. New York. Sweet, W. C. and P. C. J. Donoghue. 2001. Conodonts: past, present, future. Journal of Paleontology. 75:1174-1184. |
| By Jack R. Holt. Last revised: 01/17/2013 |
