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Edaphodon mirificus
Taxonomy
Edaphodon mirificus was named by Leidy (1856). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Inversand Company marl pit, Sewell (MFL), which is in a Maastrichtian/Paleocene shallow subtidal sandstone in the Hornerstown Formation of New Jersey.
Synonymy list
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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.
†Edaphodon mirificus Leidy 1856
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Early/Lower Paleocene or 85.80000 to 61.70000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Cretaceous | USA (New Jersey) | Edaphodon mirificus (126156) | |
| Santonian | USA (Alabama) | Edaphodon mirificus (81928) | |
| Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian | USA (Alabama) | Edaphodon mirificus (81931) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Early/Lower Paleocene | USA (New Jersey) | Edaphodon mirificus (type locality: 26819) | |
| Danian | USA (Mississippi) | Edaphodon mirificus (198623) | |
| Danian | USA (New Jersey) | Edaphodon mirificus (198624) |