Edaphodon Buckland 1838 (chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Edaphodontidae

Synonyms: Diphrissa Cope 1875, Dipristis Marsh

Parent taxon: Edaphodontidae according to S. Gouiric-Cavalli et al. 2015

See also Applegate 1970, Cappetta 1975, Cassier 1966, Chapman and Cudmore 1924, Cope 1875, Hay 1902, Kent 2018, Leidy 1873, Leriche 1926, Leriche 1942, Nelson 2006, Owen 1859, Parmley and Cicimurri 2005, Rapp 1946, Sepkoski 2002, Shin 2010, Thurmond and Jones 1981, Underwood and Cumbaa 2010 and Woodward 1891

Sister taxon: Eumylodus

Subtaxa: 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 sedgwicki Edaphodon smockii Edaphodon snowhillensis Edaphodon solidulus Edaphodon stenobryus Edaphodon sweeti Edaphodon tripartitus

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Australia (1 collection)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1)

• Miocene of Australia (2), Belgium (1)

• Eocene of Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (7), United States (2: Georgia, New Jersey)

• Paleocene of France (1), United States (6: Mississippi, New Jersey, Virginia)

• Cretaceous to Paleogene of New Zealand (1), United States (1: New Jersey)

• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1), Canada (2: British Columbia, Saskatchewan), Chile (1), France (1), the Russian Federation (4), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (7: Alabama, New Jersey)

Total: 42 collections including 49 occurrences

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