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Edestoidea

Chondrichthyes - Eugeneodontiformes

Taxonomy
Edestoidea was named by Hay (1930).

It was assigned to Eugeneodontida by Zangerl (1981) and Mutter and Neuman (2008); and to Eugeneodontiformes by Ginter et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Edestoidea Hay
1981Edestoidea Zangerl p. 85
2008Edestoidea Mutter and Neuman p. 25
2010Edestoidea Ginter et al. p. 124

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassHolocephali(Bonaparte 1832)
orderEugeneodontiformes()
superfamilyEdestoideaHay 1930
superfamilyEdestoideaHay 1930

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.

Superfm. †Edestoidea Hay 1930
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Fm. †Edestidae Jaekel 1899
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G. †Edestus Leidy 1855
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Edestus crenulatus Hay 1909
Edestus giganteus Newberry 1888
Edestus heinrichi Newberry and Worthen 1870
Edestus karpinskii Missuna 1908
Edestus minisculus Hay 1909
Edestus minor Newberry 1866
Edestus minusculus Hay 1909
Edestus mirus Hay 1912
Edestus newtoni Woodward 1916
Edestus serratus Hay 1909
Edestus triserratus Newton 1904
Edestus vorax Leidy 1855
G. †Euctenius Traquair 1881
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Euctenius unilateralis Barkas 1874
G. †Lestrodus
G. †Prospiraxis Williams 1887
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Prospiraxis major Newberry 1885
Prospiraxis randallii Newberry 1885
G. †Protopirata Trautschold 1888
G. †Spiraxis Newberry 1885
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Spiraxis bivalvis Ward 1885
G. †Syntomodus Obruchev 1964
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Syntomodus abbreviatus Obruchev 1964
G. †Paredestus Mutter and Neuman 2008
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Paredestus bricircum Mutter and Neuman 2008
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available