Chondrichthyes - Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae
Alternative combinations: Heptranchias primigenius, Hexanchus primigenius, Notidanion primigenium, Notidanus (Notorhynchus) primigenius, Notidanus primigenius, Notorynchus primigenius
Synonym: Notidanus thevenardi Delfortrie 1878
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1835. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (5me livraison)
Belongs to Notorhynchus according to J. A. Villafaña et al. 2020
See also Agassiz 1835, Agassiz 1843, Agassiz 1843, Ávila et al. 2012, Bakker and Bakker 2004, Baut and Génault 1999, Bengevoord 1973, Brisswalter 2009, Cahuzac et al. 2007, Cappetta 1973, Chapman 1918, Cope 1868, Davis 1888, Eastman 1904, Everaert et al. 2019, Fowler 1911, Gibbes 1847, Gille et al. 2010, Hay 1902, Kemp 1978, Kent 2018, Kocsis 2007, Leriche 1926, Leriche 1942, Nolf 1988, Purdy et al. 2001, Rapp 1946, Reinecke and Radwanski 2015, Weiler 1938 and Woodward 1889
Sister taxon: Notorhynchus lerichei
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Portugal (1 collection)
• Miocene of Australia (2), Austria (2), Belgium (4), Denmark (1), France (16), Germany (2), Hungary (1), Italy (1), the Netherlands (3), New Zealand (1), Poland (2), Portugal (3), Slovakia (2), United States (9: Maryland, New Jersey, South Carolina, Virginia)
• Oligocene of Australia (1), Belgium (3), France (1), Germany (4), Hungary (1), the Netherlands (1), Ukraine (1), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Eocene of Italy (1), New Zealand (2), the Russian Federation (2), the United Kingdom (1), Uzbekistan (1)
• Paleocene of United States (1: New Jersey)
Total: 71 collections including 72 occurrences
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