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Edaphodon sweeti

Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Edaphodontidae

Taxonomy
Edaphodon sweeti was named by Chapman and Pritchard (1907).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Edaphodon sweeti Chapman and Pritchard
1924Edaphodon sweeti Chapman and Cudmore p. 141
2018Edaphodon sweeti Kent p. 54

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassHolocephali(Bonaparte 1832)
superorderHolocephalomorphaLund 1986
orderChimaeriformesObruchev 1953
suborderChimaeroidei
superfamilyChimaeroidea
familyEdaphodontidaeOwen 1846
genusEdaphodonBuckland 1838
speciessweetiChapman and Pritchard 1907

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.

†Edaphodon sweeti Chapman and Pritchard 1907
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 06:54:26
Modified: 2009-07-21 08:54:26
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Zanclean or 7.24600 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Australia (Victoria) Edaphodon sweeti (72189)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Australia (Victoria) Edaphodon sweeti (46167)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Australia (Victoria) Edaphodon sweeti (51335)