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Edaphodon agassizi

Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Edaphodontidae

Taxonomy
Chimaera agassizii was named by Buckland (1835). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hamsey (Chalk Marl, Mantell collection), which is in a Cenomanian carbonate chalk in the West Melbury Marly Chalk Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Chimaera (Ischyodon) agassizii by Agassiz (1843); it was recombined as Edaphodon agassizii by Woodward (1891); it was recombined as Edaphodon agassizi by Rapp (1946).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. eolucifer, E. mantelli, E. minor
Entered
by M. Carrano on 2011-12-22; modified by M. Clapham on 2025-09-11

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1835Chimaera agassizii Buckland p. 206
1837Chimaera agassizii Agassiz figs. Pl 40a, figs 3-5
1843Chimaera (Ischyodon) agassizii Agassiz p. 341 figs. Pl 40c, figs 14-16
1891Edaphodon agassizii Woodward p. 77
1946Edaphodon agassizi Rapp p. 511

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassHolocephali(Bonaparte 1832)
superorderHolocephalomorphaLund 1986
orderChimaeriformesObruchev 1953
suborderChimaeroidei
superfamilyChimaeroidea
familyEdaphodontidaeOwen 1846
genusEdaphodonBuckland 1838
speciesagassizi(Buckland 1835)

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.

†Edaphodon agassizi Buckland 1835
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available