Jump to content

Alopias subexigua

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Alopias subexigua
Temporal range: Eocene–Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Subdivision: Selachimorpha
Order: Lamniformes
Family: Alopiidae
Genus: Alopias
Species:
A. subexigua
Binomial name
Alopias subexigua
(Darteville & Casier, 1959)
Synonyms
  • Alopias aff. subexigua (Darteville & Casier, 1959)

Alopias subexigua is extinct species of thresher sharks, that lived in the Eocene to Miocene. It is known only from teeth. Alopias subexigua was discovered in North America, in California.[1]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Guinot, G., Condamine. "Climate cooling and clade competition likely drove the decline of lamniform sharks". Climate cooling and clade competition likely drove the decline of lamniform sharks. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2019. 8288. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)