Xampylodon brotzeni Siverson 1995 (cow shark)

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

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