Chondrichthyes - Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae
Alternative combinations: Notidanus (Hexanchus) microdon, Notidanus microdon
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1835. Feuilleton Additionnel aux Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles 21-64
Belongs to Hexanchus according to I. Feichtinger et al. 2022
See also Agassiz 1835, Agassiz 1835, Agassiz 1839, Agassiz 1843, Agassiz 1843, Cappetta et al. 2019, Dalinkevičius 1935, Herman 1977, Itoigawa 1977, Müller and Diedrich 1991, Uyeno 1972 and Woodward 1889
Sister taxa: Hexanchus agassizi, Hexanchus gigas, Hexanchus gracilis, Hexanchus wiedenrothi
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (2: California, New Jersey collections)
• Cretaceous of Austria (4), Canada (2: British Columbia), Germany (1), Israel (4), Japan (4), Lithuania (1), Morocco (1)
Total: 19 collections including 20 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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