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Paredestus bricircum

Chondrichthyes - Eugeneodontiformes

Taxonomy
Paredestus bricircum was named by Mutter and Neuman (2008). Its type specimen is UALVP 46579, a mandible (partial jaw), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is C cirque, Fossil Fish Lake, Wapiti Lake, which is in a Smithian offshore siltstone in the Sulphur Mountain Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Paredestus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Paredestus bricircum Mutter and Neuman p. 25 fig. 19

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

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.

†Paredestus bricircum Mutter and Neuman 2008
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available