Chondrichthyes - Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae
Parent taxon: Hexanchidae according to E. V. Popov and V. A. Lopyrev 2024
See also Cahuzac et al. 2007, Goedert et al. 2024, Hastings and Dooley 2017, Kocsis 2007, Nel et al. 1999, Purdy et al. 2001, Siverson 1997 and Villafaña et al. 2020
Sister taxa: Eonotidanus, Gladioserratus, Hexanchus, Monopterhinus, Notidanion, Notidanodon, Notidanus, Notorhynchus, Protoheptranchias, Weltonia, Xampylodon
Subtaxa: Notorynchus cepedianus Notorynchus kempi Notorynchus serratissimus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Brazil (1 collection), United States (5: California)
• Pliocene of Australia (1), Chile (1), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Miocene of South Africa (1), United States (6: Delaware, Florida, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia)
• Eocene of Belgium (4), Denmark (2), France (1), Namibia (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (1: Washington)
• Cretaceous of Japan (1)
Total: 30 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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