Notidanus gracilis Davis 1887 (cow shark)

Chondrichthyes - Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae

Full reference: J. D. Davis. 1887. The fossil fishes of the chalk of Mount Lebanon, in Syria. The Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society, Series II 3:457-634

Belongs to Notidanus according to J. Herman 1977

See also Davis 1887

Sister taxa: Notidanus jenningsi, Notidanus loozi, Notidanus marginalis, Notidanus munsteri, Notidanus recurvus, Notidanus tenuidens, Notidanus ultra

Type specimen: Its type locality is Sahil Alma (Lewis collection), which is in a Santonian carbonate lime mudstone in Lebanon

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of France (1 collection), Lebanon (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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