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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 is the type species of Xampylodon.

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

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

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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
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