†family Komoksodontidae Cappetta et al. 2019 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Hexanchiformes - Komoksodontidae

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: Hexanchiformes according to H. Cappetta et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Chlamydoselachidae, Crassonotidae, Heptranchidae, Hexanchidae, Hexanchoidei, Orthacodidae, Paraheptranchias, Paranotidanus

Subtaxa: Komoksodon

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Type: Komoksodon

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (2: British Columbia collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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