Chondrichthyes - Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae
Alternative combination: Notidanodon brotzeni
Belongs to Xampylodon according to H. Cappetta et al. 2019
See also Adolfssen and Ward 2015, Boles et al. 2024, Dutheil et al. 2006 and Siverson 1995
Sister taxa: Xampylodon dentatus, Xampylodon diastemacron, Xampylodon loozi
Type specimen: RM P8706, a tooth. Its type locality is Limhamn Quarry Upper Middle Danian Horizons, which is in a Danian deep subtidal shelf grainstone in the København Limestone Formation of Sweden.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene to Eocene of France (1 collection)
• Paleocene of Denmark (2), Sweden (1)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (1: New Jersey)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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