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Eugeneodus richardsoni

Chondrichthyes - Eugeneodontiformes - Eugeneodontidae

Taxonomy
Eugeneodus richardsoni was named by Zangerl (1981). Its type specimen is FMNH PF2625, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Logan Quarry, Level J, Reserve Township, which is in a Moscovian marine shale in the Staunton Formation of Indiana. It is the type species of Eugeneodus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Eugeneodus richardsoni Zangerl p. 85 fig. 90D

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassHolocephali(Bonaparte 1832)
orderEugeneodontiformes()
superfamilyCaseodontoidea
familyEugeneodontidae
genusEugeneodus
speciesrichardsoni

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.

†Eugeneodus richardsoni Zangerl 1981
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:03:14
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:03:14
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: Moscovian or 315.20000 to 307.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Indiana) Eugeneodus richardsoni (type locality: 131229)