Palmatolepidae is an extinct conodont family. It is part of the clade Prioniodontida, also known as the "complex conodonts".Conodonts Meet Cladistics: Recovering Relationships and Assessing the Completeness of the Conodont Fossil Record. Philip C J Donoghue, Palaeontology, 44(1), pages 65-93, November 2003,
