†Hessinodon wardi Cappetta et al. 2019 (shark)
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Chondrichthyes - Squaliformes - Dalatiidae
Full reference: H. Cappetta, K. Morrison, and S. Adnet. 2019. A shark fauna from the Campanian of Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada: an insight into the diversity of Cretaceous deep-water assemblages. Historical Biology 33:1121-1182
Belongs to Hessinodon according to H. Cappetta et al. 2019
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: RBCM P1249, a tooth. Its type locality is SHU-COL, Collishaw site, Hornby Island, which is in a Campanian submarine fan shale in the Northumberland Formation of Canada.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (2: British Columbia collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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