Prioniodus is an extinct genus of conodonts in the family Balognathidae from the Ordovician.[2][3]

Prioniodus
Temporal range: Ordovician–Carboniferous
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Infraphylum: Agnatha
Class: Conodonta
Clade: Prioniodontida
Family: Balognathidae
Genus: Prioniodus
Pander 1856[1]
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 elegans is from the Ordovician of Baltoscandia.[2]

References

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  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)
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