†Xampylodon dentatus Woodward 1886 (cow shark)
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Chondrichthyes - Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae
Alternative combination: Notidanus dentatus
Belongs to Xampylodon according to S. Kanno et al. 2022
See also Antunes and Cappetta 2002, Bogan et al. 2016, Bogan et al. 2017, Cappetta et al. 2019, Chapman 1918, Davis 1888, Richter and Ward 1990, Trikolidi 2014 and Woodward 1889
Sister taxa: Xampylodon brotzeni, Xampylodon diastemacron, Xampylodon loozi
Type specimen: BMNH P.2303-a, a set of teeth
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (2: British Columbia collections), Japan (1), New Zealand (1), United States (2: California, South Dakota)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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