Hessinodon

Hessinodon Temporal range: Campanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Squaliformes
Family:	Dalatiidae
Genus:	†Hessinodon Cappetta, Morrison, & Adnet, 2021[1]
Species:	†H. wardi
Binomial name
†Hessinodon wardi Cappetta, Morrison, & Adnet, 2021

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. 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. Bibcode:2021HBio...33.1121C. doi:10.1080/08912963.2019.1681421. S2CID 212878837.