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Edaphodon mirabilis

Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Edaphodontidae

Taxonomy
Edaphodon mirabilis was named by Chapman and Cudmore (1924). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Beaumaris, which is in a Messinian shoreface sandstone in the Black Rock Sandstone Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Edaphodon mirabilis Chapman and Cudmore p. 141 figs. Plate XI, Fig. 40

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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
speciesmirabilis

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 mirabilis Chapman and Cudmore 1924
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: Messinian or 7.24600 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Australia (Victoria) Edaphodon mirabilis (type locality: 46167)