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Eomanodon simmsi

Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes

Taxonomy
Eomanodon simmsi was named by Ward and Duffin (1989). Its type specimen is BMNH P.62396, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Stanley Hill, Gretton, which is in a Margaritatus marine siltstone in the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Eomanodon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Eomanodon simmsi Ward and Duffin p. 47 figs. Pl 1; text-figs 1a,2a,b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassHolocephali(Bonaparte 1832)
superorderHolocephalomorphaLund 1986
orderChimaeriformesObruchev 1953
suborderChimaeroidei
genusEomanodon
speciessimmsi

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.

†Eomanodon simmsi Ward and Duffin 1989
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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, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Margaritatus or 192.90000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Margaritatus192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Eomanodon simmsi (type locality: 190858)