†Heptranchias andersoni Jordan 1907 (sevengill shark)
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Chondrichthyes - Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae
Full reference: D. S. Jordan. 1907. The fossil fishes of California, with supplementary notes on other species of extinct fishes. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology 5(7):95-144
Belongs to Heptranchias according to Jordan 1910
See also Jordan and Hanibal 1923
Sister taxa: Heptranchias cinereus, Heptranchias ezoensis, Heptranchias howellii, Heptranchias perlo
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Heptranchias andersoni in the database
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