Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Edaphodontidae
Full reference: J. Y. Shin. 2010. A new species of Edaphodon (Chondrichthyes: Holocephali) from the Upper Cretaceous Haslam Formation, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30:1012-1018
Belongs to Edaphodon according to J. Y. Shin 2010
Sister taxa: Edaphodon agassizi, Edaphodon antwerpiensis, Edaphodon barberi, Edaphodon crassus, Edaphodon divaricatus, Edaphodon eocaenus, Edaphodon eurygnathus, Edaphodon fecundus, Edaphodon incrassatus, Edaphodon kawai, Edaphodon laminosus, Edaphodon laterigerus, 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
Type specimen: CDM 998.193.1, a tooth. Its type locality is South bank of Trent River, which is in a Campanian marine siliciclastic in the Haslam Formation of Canada.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at South bank of Trent River
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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