Rolfodon Cappetta et al. 2019 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Hexanchiformes - Chlamydoselachidae

Full reference: H. Cappetta, K. Morrison, and S. Adnet. 2019. A shark fauna from the Campanian of Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada: an insight into the diversity of Cretaceous deep-water assemblages. Historical Biology 33:1121-1182

Parent taxon: Chlamydoselachidae according to I. Feichtinger et al. 2024

See also Cappetta et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Chlamydoselachus, Dykeius

Subtaxa: Rolfodon bracheri Rolfodon goliath Rolfodon keyesi Rolfodon landinii Rolfodon ludvigseni Rolfodon tatere Rolfodon thomsoni

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Type: Rolfodon ludvigseni

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Ecuador (1 collection)

• Paleocene of Austria (2), New Zealand (3)

• Cretaceous of Austria (1), Canada (2: British Columbia)

Total: 9 collections including 10 occurrences

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