Edaphodus Egerton 1836 (chimaera)

Chondrichthyes

Synonym: Passalodon Buckland 1838

Parent taxon: Holocephali according to R. Owen 1859

Sister taxa: Chimaeri, Debeeriformes, Debeeriiformes, Delphyodontos, Eugeneodontiformes, Helodontiformes, Holocephalomorpha, Iniopterygiformes, Macrodontacanthus, Menaspacanthus, Orodontiformes, Paraselachiamorpha, Paraselachimorpha, Petalodontiformes, Thoralodus, Trachyacanthi, Cynopodius, Ageleodus, Gregoriidae, Euglossodus, Metaxyacanthus, Lagarodontidae, Brachyrhizodus, Mesolophodus, Desmiodus, Pseudodontichthyidae

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Edaphodus in the database

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