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Sarcoprion edax

Chondrichthyes - Eugeneodontiformes - Helicoprionidae

Taxonomy
Sarcoprion edax was named by Nielsen (1952). Its type specimen is 214, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kap Stosch, River 14, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine horizon in Greenland.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Sarcoprion edax Nielsen p. 11 figs. text-figs. 1-7, 10-15; pl. 1, figs. 1-2; pl. 2, figs. 1-3; pl. 3 figs. 1-3; pls. 4-6, pl. 7, figs. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassHolocephali(Bonaparte 1832)
orderEugeneodontiformes()
familyHelicoprionidaeKarpinsky 1911
genusSarcoprion
speciesedax

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Sarcoprion edax Nielsen 1952
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