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Edaphodon hesperis

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Species of cartilaginous fish

Edaphodon hesperis
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Holocephali
Order: Chimaeriformes
Family: Callorhinchidae
Genus: Edaphodon
Species: E. hesperis
Binomial name
Edaphodon hesperis
(Shun, 2010)

Edaphodon hesperis was a prehistoric chimaeriform fish species belonging to the genus Edaphodon, of which all the species are now extinct. Edaphodon hesperis was a type of rabbitfish, a cartilaginous fish related to sharks and rays, and indeed, some rabbitfishes are still alive today.

Taxon identifiers
Edaphodon hesperis


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