Chondrichthyes - Odontaspidida - Lamiostomatidae
Full reference: S. Adnet, R. Hoseinzadeh, M. T. Antunes, A. C. Balbino, V. A. Kozlov and H. Cappetta. 2009. Review of the enigmatic Eocene shark genus Xiphodolamia (Chondrichthyes, Lamniformes) and description of a new species recovered from Angola, Iran and Jordan. Journal of African Earth Sciences 66:197-204
Belongs to Xiphodolamia according to S. Adnet et al. 2009
Sister taxa: Xiphodolamia barbadica, Xiphodolamia ensis, Xiphodolamia eocaena, Xiphodolamia morricei
Type specimen: ACL-ANG1, a tooth. Its type locality is Santa Clara-Dombe Grande, which is in a Priabonian marine marl in Angola.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Angola (1 collection), Egypt (1), Jordan (1), Western Sahara (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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