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Xampylodon

Chondrichthyes - Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae

Taxonomy

Xampylodon was named by Cappetta et al. (2019).

It was assigned to Hexanchidae by Cappetta et al. (2019), dos Santos et al. (2024).

Species

X. brotzeni, X. dentatus, X. diastemacron, X. loozi

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
2019	Xampylodon Cappetta et al. p. 1135
2024	Xampylodon dos Santos et al. p. 4

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata

Rank	Name	Author
class	Chondrichthyes
infraclass	Elasmobranchii	(Bonaparte 1838)
superorder	Squalomorphi	(Compagno 1973)
order	Hexanchiformes	de Buen 1926
family	Hexanchidae	Gray 1851
genus	Xampylodon

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.

G. †Xampylodon Cappetta et al. 2019

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†Xampylodon brotzeni Siverson 1995

†Xampylodon dentatus Woodward 1886

†Xampylodon diastemacron dos Santos et al. 2024

†Xampylodon loozi Vincent 1876

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 Selandian or 85.70000 to 59.24000 Ma

Collections (14 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	Japan	X. dentatus (228160)
Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	New Zealand (South Island)	Notidanus dentatus (101382)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (South Dakota)	Notidanodon sp. (107704)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Canada (British Columbia)	X. dentatus (221571 221572)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Antarctica	X. diastemacron (235210)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	USA (California)	Notorhynchus pectinatus (108392)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Early/Lower Paleocene	72.2 - 61.66	USA (New Jersey)	Notidanodon brotzeni (26819)
Danian	66.0 - 61.66	Denmark (Sjaelland)	Notidanodon brotzeni (90577)
Danian	66.0 - 61.66	Denmark	Notidanodon brotzeni (241429)
Danian	66.0 - 61.66	Sweden	Notidanodon brotzeni (90576)
Danian	66.0 - 61.66	Belgium	Notidanus loozi (242029)
Selandian	61.66 - 59.24	Belgium	Notidanus loozi (133221 242028)