Biology:Hessinodon
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Short description: Extinct genus of sharks
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Class: | Chondrichthyes
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| Superorder: | Selachimorpha
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| Genus: | †Hessinodon Cappetta, Morrison, & Adnet, 2021[1]
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| Species: | †Hessinodon wardi Cappetta, Morrison, & Adnet, 2021
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Hessinodon is an extinct genus of possible kitefin sharks that lived during the Late Cretaceous. It contains one valid species, H. wardi, which is known from four teeth from the Northumberland Formation of British Columbia. Its teeth are most similar to those of modern cookiecutter sharks.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cappetta, H.; Morrison, K.; Adnet, S. (2021). "A shark fauna from the Campanian of Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada: an insight into the diversity of Cretaceous deep-water assemblages". Historical Biology 33 (8): 1121–1182. doi:10.1080/08912963.2019.1681421. Bibcode: 2021HBio...33.1121C.
Wikidata ☰ Q114399293 entry
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