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Edestus minusculus

Chondrichthyes - Eugeneodontiformes - Edestidae

Taxonomy
Edestus minusculus was named by Hay (1909). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mjatschkowa (Nikitin collection), which is in a Moscovian carbonate limestone in the Peski Formation of the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Edestus minusculus Hay p. 48

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassHolocephali(Bonaparte 1832)
orderEugeneodontiformes()
superfamilyEdestoideaHay 1930
familyEdestidaeJaekel 1899
genusEdestus
speciesminusculus

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.

†Edestus minusculus Hay 1909
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available