Eumylodus laqueatus Leidy 1873 (chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Edaphodontidae

Alternative combination: Edaphodon laqueatus

Full reference: J. Leidy. 1873. Part I. Contributions to the extinct vertebrate fauna of the western territories. Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories 1:1-358

Belongs to Eumylodus according to J. Leidy 1873

See also Hay 1902

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Columbus, which is in a Santonian/Campanian marine sandstone in the Eutaw Formation of Mississippi

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Columbus

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