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Proconodontida

Proconodontida is an order of conodonts which originated in the late Cambrian (Furongian) and persisted partly through the Ordovician. The ancestral proconodont, Proconodontus, was one of the earliest euconodonts to appear. Proconodonts are often equated with the broader group Cavidonti, which occupies one side of a basal division in the evolution of early euconodonts in the Cambrian. All other euconodonts occupy Conodonti, the other side of the Cambrian split.

Description
Cavidonts were simple conodonts, tending to maintain smooth and thin-walled elements with a hyaline structure. They were often coniform (horn- or tooth-shaped) with a semi-symmetrical or elliptical cross-section. The basal cavity was deeper than in early members of their sister taxon Conodonti. The apparatus is quinquimembrate at most (with five or fewer different element forms) and P elements are infrequent. == Taxonomy ==
Taxonomy
Cavidonti and its interrelationships were first established by Sweet (1988). Many families and larger groups are paraphyletic and not yet evaluated by cladistic analyses. • Cavidonti Sweet, 1988) - Ancestral to Cordylodontidae, Fryxellodontidae, and Belodellidae? • Cordylodontidae Lindström, 1970 • Belodellida? Sweet, 1988 A 1994 reevaluation of Panderodus argued that Belodellidae may have close affinities to Panderodontida, while Besselodus and Dapsilodus are best classified within the order Protopanderodontida. == References ==
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