Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Edaphodontidae
Alternative combinations: Chimaera (Psittacodon) sedgwickii, Chimaera sedgwickii
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1838. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (11me livraison) 73-140
Belongs to Edaphodon according to A. S. Woodward 1891
See also Agassiz 1838 and Agassiz 1843
Sister taxa: Edaphodon agassizi, Edaphodon antwerpiensis, Edaphodon barberi, Edaphodon crassus, Edaphodon divaricatus, Edaphodon eocaenus, Edaphodon eurygnathus, Edaphodon fecundus, Edaphodon gaskillii, Edaphodon hesperis, Edaphodon incrassatus, Edaphodon kawai, Edaphodon laminosus, Edaphodon laterigerus, Edaphodon latidens, Edaphodon leptognathus, Edaphodon longirostris, Edaphodon miersii, Edaphodon mirabilis, Edaphodon mirificus, Edaphodon monolophus, Edaphodon reedi, Edaphodon smockii, Edaphodon snowhillensis, Edaphodon solidulus, Edaphodon stenobryus, Edaphodon sweeti, Edaphodon tripartitus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Melovatka 3 (Cretaceous of Russian Federation)
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