Chondrichthyes - Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae
Alternative combination: Heptranchias andersoni
Full reference: D. S. Jordan. 1907. The fossil fishes of California, with supplementary notes on other species of extinct fishes. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology 5(7):95-144
Belongs to Hexanchus according to H. Cappetta et al. 2016
See also Jordan and Gilbert 1919 and Jordan and Hanibal 1923
Sister taxa: Hexanchus agassizi, Hexanchus casieri, Hexanchus gigas, Hexanchus gracilis, Hexanchus griseus, Hexanchus hookeri, Hexanchus microdon, Hexanchus tusbairicus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Hexanchus andersoni in the database
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