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Xampylodon dentatus

Chondrichthyes - Squalomorphii - Hexanchidae

Taxonomy
Notidanus dentatus was named by Woodward (1886). Its type specimen is BMNH P.2303-a, a set of teeth, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Xampylodon dentatus by Cappetta et al. (2019), Kanno et al. (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Notidanus dentatus Woodward
1888Notidanus dentatus Davis p. 36
1889Notidanus dentatus Woodward p. 159
1918Notidanus dentatus Chapman p. 4
2019Xampylodon dentatus Cappetta et al. p. 1136 fig. 10
2022Xampylodon dentatus Kanno et al. p. 4 fig. 2E

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
orderSqualomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderHexanchiformesde Buen 1926
familyHexanchidaeGray 1851
genusXampylodon
speciesdentatus(Woodward 1886)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Xampylodon dentatus Woodward 1886
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:04:38
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:04:38
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Santonian to the top of the Campanian or 85.70000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Japan Xampylodon dentatus (228160)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2New Zealand (South Island) Notidanus dentatus (101382)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (British Columbia) Xampylodon dentatus (221571 221572)