Chondrichthyes - Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae
Full reference: H. Cappetta. 1976. Sélaciens nouveaux du London Clay de l'Essex (Yprésien du bassin de Londres). Geobios 9:551-575
Belongs to Hexanchus according to M. Charnelli et al. 2024
See also Adnet 2006, Cappetta 1976, Carlsen and Cuny 2014, Kemp 1978, Mustafa et al. 2005, Otero et al. 2013 and Tanaka et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Hexanchus andersoni, Hexanchus casieri, Hexanchus gigas, Hexanchus gracilis, Hexanchus griseus, Hexanchus hookeri, Hexanchus microdon, Hexanchus tusbairicus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Burnham on Crouch, which is in a Ypresian marine claystone in the London Clay Formation of the United Kingdom
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Australia (1 collection)
• Eocene of Antarctica (1), Argentina (3), Australia (3), Denmark (2), Egypt (1), France (9), Japan (1), Jordan (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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