Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chimaeroidei 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Classis: Chondrichthyes
Subclassis: Holocephali
Ordo: Chimaeriformes
Subordo: Chimaeroidei

Familia: Callorhinchidae
Subfamilia: †Edaphodontinae
Genus: †Edaphodon
Species: †Edaphodon snowhillensis

Name

†Edaphodon snowhillensis Gouiric-Cavalli et al., 2015

Type locality: late Campanian Herbert Sound Member of the Snow Hill Island Formation of James Ross Island, Antarctica.

Etymology: named after its type location, the Snow Hill Island Formation of James Ross Island, Antarctica.

References

Primary references

  • Gouiric-Cavalli, S., Cabrera, D. A., Cione, A. L., O'Gorman, J. P., Coria, R. A. & Fernández, M., 2015: The first record of the chimaeroid genus Edaphodon (Chondrichthyes, Holocephali) from Antarctica (Snow Hill Island Formation, Late Cretaceous, James Ross Island). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. Online edition. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2015.981128
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