Rolfodon landinii Carillo-Briceño et al. 2014 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Hexanchiformes - Chlamydoselachidae

Alternative combination: Chlamydoselachus landinii

Full reference: J. D. Carillo-Briceño, O. A. Aguilera, and F. Rodriguez. 2014. Fossil Chondrichthyes from the central eastern Pacific Ocean and their paleoceanographic significance. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 51:76-90

Belongs to Rolfodon according to H. Cappetta et al. 2019

See also Carillo-Briceño et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Rolfodon bracheri, Rolfodon goliath, Rolfodon keyesi, Rolfodon ludvigseni, Rolfodon tatere, Rolfodon thomsoni

Type specimen: PPP-3455-T-1, a tooth. Its type locality is Playa de Oro, which is in a Serravallian/Tortonian shallow subtidal sandstone in the Angostura Formation of Ecuador.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Playa de Oro

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