Notidanus jenningsi Chapman and Pritchard 1904 (cow shark)

Chondrichthyes - Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae

Full reference: F. Chapman and G. B. Pritchard. 1904. Fossil fish remains from the Tertiaries of Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 17:267-297

Belongs to Notidanus according to F. Chapman and F. A. Cudmore 1924

See also Chapman and Pritchard 1904

Sister taxa: Notidanus gracilis, Notidanus loozi, Notidanus marginalis, Notidanus munsteri, Notidanus recurvus, Notidanus serratus, Notidanus tenuidens, Notidanus ultra

Type specimen: Its type locality is Beaumaris, which is in a Messinian shoreface sandstone in the Black Rock Sandstone Formation of Australia

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Beaumaris

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