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Edestus karpinskii

Chondrichthyes - Eugeneodontiformes - Edestidae

Taxonomy
Edestus karpinskii was named by Missuna (1908). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kolumna District, Moscow, which is in a Moscovian marine horizon in the Russian Federation.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Protopirata crenulata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Edestus karpinskii Missuna p. 530 fig. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassHolocephali(Bonaparte 1832)
orderEugeneodontiformes()
superfamilyEdestoideaHay 1930
familyEdestidaeJaekel 1899
genusEdestus
specieskarpinskii

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.

†Edestus karpinskii Missuna 1908
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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, Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

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 - 307.0Russian Federation Edestus karpinskii (type locality: 132707)