Edaphodon snowhillensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chimaeroidei
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Classis: Chondrichthyes Subclassis: Holocephali Ordo: Chimaeriformes Subordo: Chimaeroidei

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.

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 35(5): e981128. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2015.981128 Reference page.

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