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Fadenia gigas

Chondrichthyes - Eugeneodontiformes - Caseodontidae

Taxonomy
Fadenia gigas was named by Eaton (1962). Its type specimen is KUNHM 1023, a set of teeth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lucas, Cherokee Shale, which is in a Moscovian marine shale in Missouri.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Fadenia gigas Eaton p. 353 fig. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassHolocephali(Bonaparte 1832)
orderEugeneodontiformes()
superfamilyCaseodontoidea
familyCaseodontidaeZangerl 1981
genusFadenia
speciesgigas

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.

†Fadenia gigas Eaton 1962
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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: Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009, 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 (Missouri) Fadenia gigas (type locality: 133335)