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†Edaphodon laterigerus Cope 1869 (chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Edaphodontidae

Alternative combination: Ischyodus laterigerus

Belongs to Edaphodon according to H. W. Fowler 1911

See also Cope 1869, Hay 1902 and Rapp 1946

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 latidens, Edaphodon leptognathus, Edaphodon mantellii, 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 Hornerstown area (Hornerstown Fm., AMNH collection) (Cretaceous of New Jersey)

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