Chondrichthyes - Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae
Full reference: H. Cappetta, K. Morrison, and S. Adnet. 2019. A shark fauna from the Campanian of Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada: an insight into the diversity of Cretaceous deep-water assemblages. Historical Biology 33:1121-1182
Parent taxon: Hexanchidae according to H. Cappetta et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Eonotidanus, Gladioserratus, Hexanchus, Monopterhinus, Notidanion, Notidanodon, Notidanus, Notorhynchus, Notorynchus, Weltonia, Xampylodon
Subtaxa: Protoheptranchias lowei
Type: Protoheptranchias lowei
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (2: British Columbia collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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