Chondrichthyes - Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae
Parent taxon: Hexanchidae according to L. J. Legendre et al. 2020
See also Applegate and Uyeno 1968, Carnevale 2007, Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2016, Hay 1902, Jordan 1907, Jordan 1963, Jordan and Gilbert 1919, Jordan and Hanibal 1923, Long 1992, Long et al. 1993, Sepkoski 2002, Uyeno 1972 and Welton 1974
Sister taxa: Gladioserratus, Hexanchus, Monopterhinus, Notidanion, Notidanodon, Notidanus, Notorhynchus, Notorynchus, Protoheptranchias, Xampylodon
Subtaxa: Heptranchias andersoni Heptranchias cinereus Heptranchias ezoensis Heptranchias howellii Heptranchias perlo
Type: Squalus cinereus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Brazil (1 collection)
• Miocene of Colombia (1), Costa Rica (2), Italy (1), Japan (1), Panama (1)
• Eocene of Antarctica (1), Canada (1: British Columbia), Japan (1), Jordan (2), Ukraine (2), United States (5: New Jersey, Oregon, Washington)
• Paleocene of New Zealand (1), Sweden (2)
• Cretaceous of United States (1: California)
Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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