''Edaphodon mirificus'' is a species of ''

Edaphodon ''Edaphodon'' was a fish genus of the family Callorhinchidae (sometimes assigned to Edaphodontidae). As a member of the Chimaeriformes, ''Edaphodon'' was a type of rabbitfish, a cartilaginous fish related to sharks and rays. The genus appeare ...

'', which was found by

Joseph Leidy Joseph Mellick Leidy (September 9, 1823 – April 30, 1891) was an American paleontologist, parasitologist and anatomist. Leidy was professor of anatomy at the University of Pennsylvania, later was a professor of natural history at Swarthmore ...

(September 9, 1823 – April 30, 1891) in 1856, in Hornerstown, New Jersey.

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