Time range of Hexanchiformes species

The shark order Hexanchiformes (in a broad sense, not only comprising the cow sharks, but also including the frilled sharks, Chlamydoselachidae) is often considered the most primitive of extant sharks, since they share some features with Paleozoic and early-Mesozoic shark groups as the Cladoselachiformes. Thus, it is interesting to see how far back the fossil record of this order reaches.

Family Chlamydoselachidae

Family Hexanchidae

Species	Lower Cretaceous						Upper Cretaceous						Paleocene			Eocene				Oligocene		Miocene						Pliocene			Pleistocene			Holocene	Extant
Species	B	V	H	B	A	A	C	T	C	S	C	M	D	S	T	Y	L	B	P	R	C	A	B	L	S	T	M	Z	P	G	L	M	U	Holocene	Extant
Heptranchias howellii												.
Heptranchias ezoensis
Heptranchias tenuidens
Heptranchias perlo																											.	.	-	-	-	-	-	-

Genus	Species	Early Jurassic				Middle Jurassic				Upper Jurassic			Lower Cretaceous						Upper Cretaceous						Paleocene			Eocene				Oligocene		Miocene						Pliocene			Pleistocene			Holocene	Extant
Genus	Species	H	S	P	T	A	B	B	C	O	K	T	B	V	H	B	A	A	C	T	C	S	C	M	D	S	T	Y	L	B	P	R	C	A	B	L	S	T	M	Z	P	G	L	M	U	Holocene	Extant
Hexanchus	arzoensis
	microdon “agassizii”																	.							.			.				.
	gracilis
	collinsonae
	hookeri
	agassizi																											.
	griseus																															.		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	nakamurai “vitulus”
	griseus “andersoni” “gigas"																																	.
Notidanoides	-										.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Notidanodon	lanceolatus														.		-
	antarcti
	dentatus
	pectinatus
	brotzeni”
	loozi”
Notorynchus	“Notidanus” aptiensis”
	“Notidanus” intermedius
	“Notidanus” lawleyi
	“Notidanus” munsteri
	“Notidanus” cepedianus “primigenius” “kempi”																												.			.		.
	“Notidanus” serratissimus
	“Notidanus” serratus

References

^ Richter & Ward (1990 ): "Fish remains from the Santa Marta Formation (Late Cretaceous) of James Ross Island, Antarctica." Antarct Sci 2 (1) : 71 [Zoological Record Volume 126]
^ ^a ^b Antunes & Cappetta (2002): [Selachians from the Cretaceous (Albian-Maastrichtian) from Angola.] Palaeontogr Abt A Palaeozool-Stratigr 264 (5-6) April: 107 [Zoological Record Volume 138]

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[1] Richter & Ward (1990 ): "Fish remains from the Santa Marta Formation (Late Cretaceous) of James Ross Island, Antarctica." Antarct Sci 2 (1) : 71 [Zoological Record Volume 126]

[Antunes-Cappetta-2] Antunes & Cappetta (2002): [Selachians from the Cretaceous (Albian-Maastrichtian) from Angola.] Palaeontogr Abt A Palaeozool-Stratigr 264 (5-6) April: 107 [Zoological Record Volume 138]

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