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Bobbodus schaefferi

Chondrichthyes - Eugeneodontiformes - Eugeneodontidae

Taxonomy
Bobbodus schaefferi was named by Zangerl (1981). Its type specimen is FMNH PF7292, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ace Hill, Plattsmouth, Queen Hill Shale, which is in a Gzhelian marine shale in the Lecompton Formation of Nebraska. It is the type species of Bobbodus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Bobbodus schaefferi Zangerl p. 82 figs. 96-97
1996Bobbodus schaefferi Schultze and West p. 162 figs. 2-4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassHolocephali(Bonaparte 1832)
orderEugeneodontiformes()
superfamilyCaseodontoidea
familyEugeneodontidae
genusBobbodus
speciesschaefferi

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.

Bobbodus schaefferi Zangerl 1981
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