†Hexanchus gigas Sismonda 1857
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Chondrichthyes - Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae
Alternative combination: Notidanus gigas
Belongs to Hexanchus according to B. W. Kent 2018
See also Arambourg 1927, Leriche 1926 and Woodward 1889
Sister taxa: Hexanchus agassizi, Hexanchus gracilis, Hexanchus microdon, Hexanchus wiedenrothi
Distribution:
• Miocene of Algeria (1 collection), Japan (3), the Netherlands (1), Peru (1), Slovakia (1)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (1)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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