Notidanus Cuvier 1817 (cow shark)

Chondrichthyes - Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae

Parent taxon: Hexanchidae according to D. J. Long et al. 1993

See also Ameghino 1901, Bohm 1926, Cassier 1966, Chapman 1918, Chapman and Cudmore 1924, Chapman and Pritchard 1904, Davis 1888, Eastman 1904, Gibbes 1847, Herman 1977, Jordan 1963, Leriche 1926, Leriche 1942, Radwanski 1965, Weiler 1938 and Woodward 1889

Sister taxa: Gladioserratus, Heptranchias, Hexanchus, Monopterhinus, Notidanion, Notidanodon, Notorhynchus, Notorynchus, Protoheptranchias, Xampylodon

Subtaxa: Notidanus gracilis Notidanus jenningsi Notidanus loozi Notidanus marginalis Notidanus munsteri Notidanus recurvus Notidanus serratus Notidanus tenuidens Notidanus ultra

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1 collection)

• Miocene of Australia (3), New Zealand (1), United States (1: Maryland)

• Waitakian of New Zealand (1)

• Oligocene of New Zealand (1), Venezuela (1)

• Cretaceous of Germany (1), Lebanon (1), New Zealand (1)

• Jurassic of Germany (1)

Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence

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