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Edaphodon barberi

Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Edaphodontidae

Taxonomy
Edaphodon barberi was named by Applegate (1970). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Donald Farm, which is in a Santonian carbonate limestone in Alabama.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Edaphodon barberi Applegate p. 390 fig. 174

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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
speciesbarberi

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 barberi Applegate 1970
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 06:54:26
Modified: 2009-07-21 08:54:26
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023

Age range: Santonian or 85.70000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Alabama) Edaphodon barberi (type locality: 81926)