Chondrichthyes - Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae
Full reference: C. J. Underwood, A. Goswami, G. V. R. Prasad, O. Verma, and J. J. Flynn. 2011. Marine vertebrates from the ‘Middle’ Cretaceous (Early Cenomanian) of South India. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(3):539-552
Parent taxon: Hexanchidae according to T. Argyriou et al. 2022
See also Guinot et al. 2014, Guinot et al. 2013 and Underwood et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Heptranchias, Hexanchus, Monopterhinus, Notidanion, Notidanodon, Notidanus, Notorhynchus, Notorynchus, Protoheptranchias, Xampylodon
Subtaxa: Gladioserratus aptiensis Gladioserratus dentatus Gladioserratus magnus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Australia (1 collection), France (2), Greece (1), India (1), the United Kingdom (46)
Total: 51 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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