Chondrichthyes - Hexanchiformes - Heptranchidae
Alternative combinations: Heptranchias howelli, Notidanion howellii
Full reference: M. D. Reed. 1946. New species of fossil shark from New Jersey. Notulae Naturae 172:1-4
Belongs to Heptranchias according to J. Adolfssen and D. Ward 2015
See also Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2016, Long 1992, Reed 1946 and Welton 1974
Sister taxa: Heptranchias andersoni, Heptranchias cinereus, Heptranchias ezoensis, Heptranchias perlo
Type specimen: ANSP 15078, a tooth. Its type locality is Belmar, which is in a Bartonian marine horizon in the Shark River Formation of New Jersey.
Distribution:
• Miocene of Colombia (1 collection)
• Eocene of Antarctica (1), Canada (1: British Columbia), Ukraine (2), United States (4: New Jersey, Oregon, Washington)
• Paleocene of Denmark (1)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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