Fadenia gigas Eaton 1962 (chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Eugeneodontiformes - Caseodontidae

Full reference: T. H. Eaton. 1962. Teeth of Edestid Sharks. University of Kansas Publications Museum of Natural History 12(8):347-362

Belongs to Fadenia according to T. H. Eaton 1962

Sister taxa: Fadenia crenulata, Fadenia uroclasmato

Type specimen: KUNHM 1023, a set of teeth. Its type locality is Lucas, Cherokee Shale, which is in a Moscovian marine shale in Missouri.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Lucas, Cherokee Shale

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