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Edaphodon

Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Edaphodontidae

Taxonomy

Edaphodon was named by Buckland (1838) [Sepkoski's age data: K Albi-u T Plio]. It is the type genus of Edaphodontinae.

It was synonymized subjectively with Edaphodus by Owen (1859).

It was assigned to Chimaeridae by Woodward (1891), Hay (1902), Chapman and Cudmore (1924), Leriche (1926), Leriche (1942), Rapp (1946), Cassier (1966), Cappetta (1975); to Chimaeriformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Edaphodontinae by Parmley and Cicimurri (2005), Nelson (2006), Shin (2010); to Callorhynchidae by Kent (2018); and to Edaphodontidae by Leidy (1873), Applegate (1970), Thurmond and Jones (1981), Ward and Grande (1991), Underwood and Cumbaa (2010), Gouiric-Cavalli et al. (2015), Popov et al. (2025).

Species lacking formal opinion data

E. eolucifer, E. mantelli, E. minor

Synonyms

Dipristis was named by Marsh.

It was synonymized subjectively with Edaphodon by Hay (1902).
Diphrissa was named by Cope (1875).

It was synonymized subjectively with Edaphodon by Hay (1902).

It was assigned to Holocephali by Cope (1875).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1838	Edaphodon Buckland
1873	Edaphodon Leidy p. 350
1875	Diphrissa Cope p. 283
1891	Edaphodon Woodward p. 73
1902	Edaphodon Hay p. 324
1924	Edaphodon Chapman and Cudmore p. 141
1926	Edaphodon Leriche p. 436
1942	Edaphodon Leriche p. 36
1946	Edaphodon Rapp p. 511
1966	Edaphodon Cassier p. 98
1970	Edaphodon Applegate p. 390
1975	Edaphodon Cappetta p. 126
1981	Edaphodon Thurmond and Jones p. 77
1991	Edaphodon Ward and Grande p. 325
2002	Edaphodon Sepkoski
2005	Edaphodon Parmley and Cicimurri p. 1219
2006	Edaphodon Nelson p. 46
2010	Edaphodon Shin p. 1013
2010	Edaphodon Underwood and Cumbaa p. 905
2015	Edaphodon Gouiric-Cavalli et al. p. 4
2018	Edaphodon Kent p. 54
2025	Edaphodon Popov et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
class	Chondrichthyes

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Holocephali	(Bonaparte 1832)
superorder	Holocephalomorpha	Lund 1986
order	Chimaeriformes	Obruchev 1953
suborder	Chimaeroidei
superfamily	Chimaeroidea
family	Edaphodontidae	Owen 1846
genus	Edaphodon	Buckland 1838

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.

G. †Edaphodon Buckland 1838

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†Edaphodon agassizi Buckland 1835

†Edaphodon antwerpiensis Leriche 1926

†Edaphodon barberi Applegate 1970

†Edaphodon crassus Newton 1878

†Edaphodon divaricatus Cope 1869

†Edaphodon eocaenus Woodward 1891

†Edaphodon eurygnathus Agassiz 1843

Invalid names: Edaphodon bucklandi Agassiz 1843 [synonym]

†Edaphodon fecundus Cope 1875

†Edaphodon hesperis Shin 2010

†Edaphodon incrassatus Cope 1875

†Edaphodon kawai Consoli 2006

†Edaphodon laminosus Newton 1878

†Edaphodon laterigerus Cope 1869

†Edaphodon latidens Cope 1875

†Edaphodon leptognathus Agassiz 1843

†Edaphodon mantellii Buckland 1835

†Edaphodon miersii Marsh 1869

†Edaphodon mirabilis Chapman and Cudmore 1924

†Edaphodon mirificus Leidy 1856

Invalid names: Ischyodus gaskillii Cope 1875 [synonym], Ischyodus monolophus Cope 1869 [synonym]

†Edaphodon reedi Newton 1878

†Edaphodon sedgwicki Agassiz 1838

†Edaphodon smockii Cope 1869

†Edaphodon snowhillensis Gouiric-Cavalli et al. 2015

†Edaphodon solidulus Cope 1869

†Edaphodon stenobryus Cope 1875

†Edaphodon sweeti Chapman and Pritchard 1907

†Edaphodon tripartitus Cope 1875

Invalid names: Ischyodus longirostris Cope 1875 [synonym]

Invalid names: Diphrissa Cope 1875 [synonym], Dipristis Marsh [synonym]

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: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Zanclean or 119.57000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (50 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian	119.57 - 113.2	France	E. sp. (214869)
Late/Upper Albian	106.3 - 100.5	United Kingdom (England)	E. sp. (94253)
Early/Lower Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	United Kingdom (England)	Chimaera agassizii (159608)
Late/Upper Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Spain (Asturias)	E. sp. (98396)
Middle Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Russian Federation (Volgograd)	E. sedgwicki (92399)
Middle Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Canada (Saskatchewan)	E. sp. (22731)
Late/Upper Cretaceous	100.5 - 66.0	USA (New Jersey)	E. mirificus, Ischyodus divaricatus (126156)
Late/Upper Turonian - Coniacian	93.9 - 85.7	United Kingdom (England)	Chimaera mantellii (242277)
Early/Lower Coniacian	89.8 - 85.7	Russian Federation	E. sp. (239678)
Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	USA (Alabama)	E. barberi (81926) E. mirificus (81928)
Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian	85.7 - 72.2	USA (Alabama)	E. mirificus (81931) E. sp. (81934)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Russian Federation (Saratov)	E. sp. (86332 157353)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Canada (British Columbia)	E. hesperis (214243)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Antarctica	E. snowhillensis (232286)
Middle Campanian - Danian	83.6 - 61.66	New Zealand (Chatham Islands Territory)	E. kawai (214244)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	USA (Alabama)	E. mirificus (275614)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Chile (Valparaíso)	E. sp. (124311)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Chile (Santiago)	E. kawai (132352)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Russian Federation (Volgograd)	E. eolucifer (142788)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	USA (New Jersey)	Dipristis meirsii (88034) Ischyodus monolophus (167780) Ischyodus smockii, Ischyodus solidulus, Ischyodus laterigerus (275663)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	USA (New Jersey)	E. sp. (99138)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian	72.2 - 61.66	USA (New Jersey)	E. mirificus (221294)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Early/Lower Paleocene	72.2 - 61.66	USA (New Jersey)	E. mirificus, E. stenobryus (26819)
Danian	66.0 - 61.66	USA (New Jersey)	E. agassizi (26820)
Danian	66.0 - 61.66	USA (Mississippi)	E. mirificus (198623)
Early/Lower Paleocene	66.0 - 61.66	USA (New Jersey)	E. mantelli (62840)
Late/Upper Paleocene	59.24 - 56.0	France (Oise)	E. sp. (166598)
Thanetian	59.24 - 56.0	USA (New Jersey)	E. sp. (3113)
Thanetian	59.24 - 56.0	USA (Virginia)	E. sp. (122852)
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	United Kingdom (England)	E. bucklandi (13299)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	Russian Federation	E. sp. (234687)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	United Kingdom (England)	E. bucklandi (41888 41994 41998) E. bucklandi, E. leptognathus (41992) E. minor, E. bucklandi, E. leptognathus (41989)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	Ukraine (Luhansk)	E. sp. (120885)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	United Kingdom (England)	E. leptognathus (42636)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	USA (New Jersey)	E. eocaenus (84022)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	USA (Georgia)	E. sp. (45640)
Tortonian	11.63 - 7.246	Belgium	E. sp. (217346)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.63 - 5.333	Australia (Victoria)	E. sweeti (72189)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Australia (Victoria)	E. sweeti, E. mirabilis (46167)
Messinian - Zanclean	7.246 - 3.6	Australia (Victoria)	E. sp. (154112)
Zanclean	5.333 - 3.6	Australia (Victoria)	E. sweeti (51335)