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Caseodus basalis

Chondrichthyes - Eugeneodontiformes - Caseodontidae

Taxonomy
Orodus basalis was named by Cope (1894). Its type specimen is FMNH UF 575, a partial skeleton (head and shoulder regions), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Court Creek, near Galesburg, which is in a Moscovian marine shale in the Linton Formation of Illinois.

It was recombined as Campodus basalis by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Caseodus basalis by Zangerl (1981).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Orodus basalis Cope p. 432 figs. Pl 18, figs 6,7
1902Campodus basalis Hay p. 296
1981Caseodus basalis Zangerl p. 78 fig. 90A

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassHolocephali(Bonaparte 1832)
orderEugeneodontiformes()
superfamilyCaseodontoidea
familyCaseodontidaeZangerl 1981
genusCaseodus
speciesbasalis()

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.

†Caseodus basalis Cope 1894
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Diagnosis
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