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Edestidae
Taxonomy
Edestidae was named by Jaekel (1899).
It was assigned to Prosarthri by Jordan (1963); to Eugeneodontiformes by Cappetta (1987) and Nelson (2006); and to Edestoidea by Zangerl (1981), Mutter and Neuman (2008) and Ginter et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Prosarthri by Jordan (1963); to Eugeneodontiformes by Cappetta (1987) and Nelson (2006); and to Edestoidea by Zangerl (1981), Mutter and Neuman (2008) and Ginter et al. (2010).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1899 | Edestidae Jaekel |
| 1963 | Edestidae Jordan p. 596 |
| 1981 | Edestidae Zangerl p. 88 |
| 1987 | Edistidae Cappetta p. 28 |
| 2006 | Edestidae Nelson p. 44 |
| 2008 | Edestidae Mutter and Neuman p. 25 |
| 2010 | Edestidae Ginter et al. p. 129 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. †Edestidae Jaekel 1899
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G. †Edestus Leidy 1855
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†Edestus crenulatus Hay 1909
†Edestus giganteus Newberry 1888
†Edestus heinrichi Newberry and Worthen 1870
†Edestus karpinskii Missuna 1908
†Edestus minisculus Hay 1909
†Edestus minor Newberry 1866
†Edestus minusculus Hay 1909
†Edestus mirus Hay 1912
†Edestus newtoni Woodward 1916
†Edestus serratus Hay 1909
†Edestus triserratus Newton 1904
†Edestus vorax Leidy 1855
G. †Lestrodus
G. †Prospiraxis Williams 1887
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†Prospiraxis major Newberry 1885
†Prospiraxis randallii Newberry 1885
G. †Protopirata Trautschold 1888
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Bashkirian to the top of the Kungurian or 323.20000 to 272.30000 Ma
Collections (19 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Bashkirian | United Kingdom | Edestus minor, Edestus triserratus (132706) Edestus newtoni (132821) | |
| Bashkirian | USA (Oklahoma) | Edestus vorax (132557) | |
| Pennsylvanian | USA (Iowa) | Protopirata crenulata (74898) | |
| Moscovian | United Kingdom | Ctenoptychius unilateralis (137306 137319) | |
| Moscovian | USA (Texas) | Edestus minor (131885 132077) | |
| Moscovian | USA (Illinois) | Edestus crenulatus, Edestus serratus (149418) | |
| Moscovian | Russian Federation | Edestus karpinskii (132707) Edestus minor (149417) | |
| Moscovian | USA (Iowa) | Edestus mirus (132827) | |
| Moscovian | USA (Colorado) | Edestus minor (105146 132076) | |
| Moscovian | USA (Indiana) | Edestus heinrichii (131614) | |
| Moscovian | USA (South Dakota) | Edestus sp. (132341) | |
| Kasimovian | USA (Kansas) | Edestus heinrichi (132333) | |
| Late/Upper Pennsylvanian | United Kingdom (Bollington) | Edestus sp. (222586) | |
| Kungurian | Brazil (Maranhao) | Edestidae indet. (192146) |