†Xenodolamia simplex Leidy 1877 (shark)
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Chondrichthyes - Selachii - Notidanidae
Full reference: J. Leidy. 1877. Description of vertebrate remains, chiefly from the phosphate beds of South Carolina. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8:209-260
Belongs to Xenodolamia according to E. Stromer 1910
See also Hay 1902 and Leidy 1877
Sister taxa: Xenodolamia barbadica, Xenodolamia eocaena, Xenodolamia pravus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Adabion (Oppenheim collection) (Paleocene of Togo)
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