Hexanchus hookeri Ward 1979 (sixgill shark)

Chondrichthyes - Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae

Belongs to Hexanchus according to T. J. Bor 1985

Sister taxa: Hexanchus agassizi, Hexanchus andersoni, Hexanchus casieri, Hexanchus gigas, Hexanchus gracilis, Hexanchus griseus, Hexanchus microdon, Hexanchus tusbairicus

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at NAM-Well De Wijk-19, 346-350 m depth (Eocene to Eocene of Netherlands)

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