†Notidanus tenuidens Leriche 1938 (cow shark)
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Chondrichthyes - Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae
Full reference: M. Leriche. 1938. Contribution à l'étude des Poissons fossiles des pays riverains de la Méditerranée américaine (Venezuela, Trinité, Antilles, Mexique). Mémoires de la Société Paléontologique Suisse 51:1-42
Belongs to Notidanus according to M. Leriche 1938
Sister taxa: Notidanus gracilis, Notidanus jenningsi, Notidanus loozi, Notidanus marginalis, Notidanus munsteri, Notidanus recurvus, Notidanus ultra
Type specimen: Its type locality is El Mene de Acosta, which is in a Chattian marine horizon in the El Mene Formation of Venezuela
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at El Mene de Acosta
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