Notidanodon

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Notidanodon
Temporal range: Tithonian–Thanetian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Division: Selachii
Order: Hexanchiformes
Family: Hexanchidae
Genus: Notidanodon
Cappetta, 1975
Species
  • N. pectinatus
  • N. lanceolatus

Notidanodon is an extinct genus of cow shark. Fossils ascribed to this genus are known from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. Recently, the genus underwent a major revision and was split into two after the erection of Xampylodon to accommodate the species X. dentatus, X. loozi, and X. brotzeni.[1] The genus is now known only from New Zealand, Antarctica, Africa, and South America.[2]

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