Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Edaphodontidae
Alternative combinations: Dipristis meirsii, Ischyodus miersii
Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1869. Notice of some new Tertiary and Cretaceous fishes. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 20(5):227-230
Belongs to Edaphodon according to H. W. Fowler 1911
See also Cope 1875, Hay 1902 and Marsh 1869
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 mantellii, Edaphodon mirabilis, Edaphodon mirificus, Edaphodon reedi, Edaphodon sedgwicki, Edaphodon smockii, Edaphodon snowhillensis, Edaphodon solidulus, Edaphodon stenobryus, Edaphodon sweeti, Edaphodon tripartitus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Hornerstown area (Hornerstown Fm., YPM collection) (PROXY), which is in a Maastrichtian marginal marine marl in the Hornerstown Formation of New Jersey
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Hornerstown area (Hornerstown Fm., YPM collection) (PROXY)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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