Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Edaphodontidae
Alternative combinations: Chimaera (Psittacodon) mantellii, Chimaera mantellii
Belongs to Edaphodon according to A. S. Woodward 1891
See also Agassiz 1837, Agassiz 1843 and Buckland 1835
Sister taxa: Edaphodon agassizi, Edaphodon antwerpiensis, Edaphodon barberi, Edaphodon crassus, Edaphodon divaricatus, Edaphodon eocaenus, Edaphodon eurygnathus, Edaphodon fecundus, Edaphodon hesperis, Edaphodon incrassatus, Edaphodon kawai, Edaphodon laminosus, Edaphodon laterigerus, Edaphodon latidens, Edaphodon leptognathus, Edaphodon miersii, Edaphodon mirabilis, Edaphodon mirificus, Edaphodon reedi, Edaphodon sedgwicki, Edaphodon smockii, Edaphodon snowhillensis, Edaphodon solidulus, Edaphodon stenobryus, Edaphodon sweeti, Edaphodon tripartitus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Lewes (Upper Chalk, Mantell collection) (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)
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