| Edaphodon hesperis Temporal range: Late Cretaceous | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Holocephali |
| Order: | Chimaeriformes |
| Family: | Callorhynchidae |
| 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.
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