Biology:Prioniodus

Prioniodus; Temporal range: Ordovician–Carboniferous PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	†Conodonta
Clade:	†Prioniodontida
Family:	†Balognathidae
Genus:	†Prioniodus; Pander 1856
Species
	†Prioniodus altodus Harlton 1933; †Prioniodus cacti Gunnell 1933; †Prioniodus dactylodus Gunnell 1933; †Prioniodus elegans Miller 1889 (type); †Prioniodus galesburgensis Gunnell 1933;

Short description: Extinct genus of jawless fishes

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

Prioniodus elegans is from the Ordovician of Baltoscandia.^[2]

References

↑ Monographie der fossilen fische des silurischen systems des Russisch-baltischen gouvernements. CH Pander, 1856
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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)

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