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Edaphodontidae
Taxonomy
Edaphodontidae was named by Owen (1846).
It was assigned to Holocephali by Leidy (1873); to Chimaeroidei by Applegate (1970) and Thurmond and Jones (1981); to Chimaeriformes by Cvancara and Hoganson (1993) and Underwood and Cumbaa (2010); and to Chimaeroidea by Gouiric-Cavalli et al. (2015).
It was assigned to Holocephali by Leidy (1873); to Chimaeroidei by Applegate (1970) and Thurmond and Jones (1981); to Chimaeriformes by Cvancara and Hoganson (1993) and Underwood and Cumbaa (2010); and to Chimaeroidea by Gouiric-Cavalli et al. (2015).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1846 | Edaphodontidae Owen |
| 1873 | Edaphodontidae Leidy p. 350 |
| 1970 | Edaphodontidae Applegate p. 389 |
| 1981 | Edaphodontidae Thurmond and Jones p. 77 |
| 1993 | Edaphodontidae Cvancara and Hoganson p. 12 |
| 2010 | Edaphodontidae Underwood and Cumbaa p. 905 |
| 2015 | Edaphodontidae Gouiric-Cavalli et al. p. 4 |
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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.
Fm. †Edaphodontidae Owen 1846
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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 fecundus Cope 1875
†Edaphodon gaskillii 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 longirostris Cope 1875
†Edaphodon miersii Marsh 1869
†Edaphodon mirabilis Chapman and Cudmore 1924
†Edaphodon mirificus Leidy 1856
†Edaphodon monolophus Cope 1869
†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: Diphrissa Cope 1875 [synonym], Dipristis Marsh [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Zanclean or 122.46000 to 3.60000 Ma
Collections (43 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Aptian | France | Edaphodon sp. (214869) | |
| Late/Upper Albian | United Kingdom (England) | Edaphodon sp. (94253) | |
| Late/Upper Cretaceous | USA (New Jersey) | Edaphodon mirificus (126156) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | Spain (Asturias) | Edaphodon sp. (98396) | |
| Middle Cenomanian | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Edaphodon sp. (22731) | |
| Middle Cenomanian | Russian Federation (Volgograd) | Edaphodon sedgwicki (92399) | |
| Santonian | USA (Alabama) | Edaphodon barberi (81926) Edaphodon mirificus (81928) | |
| Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian | USA (Alabama) | Edaphodon mirificus (81931) Edaphodon sp. (81934) | |
| Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian | USA (Mississippi) | Eumylodus laqueatus (98972) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | Russian Federation (Saratov) | Edaphodon sp. (86332 157353) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | Canada (British Columbia) | Edaphodon hesperis (214243) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Antarctica | Edaphodon snowhillensis (232286) | |
| Middle Campanian - Danian | New Zealand (Chatham Islands Territory) | Edaphodon kawai (214244) | |
| Maastrichtian | USA (New Jersey) | Edaphodon sp. (99138) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Chile (Valparaíso) | Edaphodon sp. (124311) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Russian Federation (Volgograd) | Edaphodon eolucifer (142788) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (New Jersey) | Dipristis meirsii (88034) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Early/Lower Paleocene | USA (New Jersey) | Edaphodon stenobyrus, Edaphodon mirificus (26819) | |
| Early/Lower Paleocene | USA (New Jersey) | Edaphodon mantelli (62840) | |
| Danian | USA (New Jersey) | Edaphodon agassizi (26820) Edaphodon mirificus (198624) | |
| Danian | USA (Mississippi) | Edaphodon mirificus (198623) | |
| Thanetian | USA (Virginia) | Edaphodon sp. (122852) | |
| Thanetian | USA (New Jersey) | Edaphodon sp. (3113) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene | France (Oise) | Edaphodon sp. (166598) | |
| Ypresian | United Kingdom (England) | Edaphodon bucklandi (13299) | |
| Lutetian | Ukraine (Luhansk) | Edaphodon sp. (120885) | |
| Lutetian | United Kingdom (England) | Edaphodon bucklandi (41888 41994 41998) Edaphodon bucklandi, Edaphodon leptognathus (41992) Edaphodon minor, Edaphodon bucklandi, Edaphodon leptognathus (41989) | |
| Bartonian | United Kingdom (England) | Edaphodon leptognathus (42636) | |
| Bartonian | USA (New Jersey) | Edaphodon eocaenus (84022) | |
| Priabonian | USA (Georgia) | Edaphodon sp. (45640) | |
| Tortonian | Belgium | Edaphodon sp. (217346) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Australia (Victoria) | Edaphodon sweeti (72189) | |
| Messinian | Australia (Victoria) | Edaphodon sweeti, Edaphodon mirabilis (46167) | |
| Messinian - Zanclean | Australia (Victoria) | Edaphodon sp. (154112) | |
| Zanclean | Australia (Victoria) | Edaphodon sweeti (51335) |