Somniosus

Somniosus
Temporal range: Early Oligocene to present

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Greenland shark, Somniosus microcephalus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Squaliformes
Family: Somniosidae
Genus: Somniosus
Lesueur, 1818

Somniosus is a widely distributed genus of deepwater dogfish sharks in the family Somniosidae.[2] Several members of the genus are believed to attain lengths up to 7 m, thus rank among the largest of sharks.

Species

See also

References

  1. Bruce J. Welton; James L. Goedert (2016). "New fossil species of Somniosus and Rhinoscymnus (Squaliformes: Somniosidae), deep water sharks from Oligocene rocks of Western Washington State, USA". New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin. 74: 309–326.
  2. Yano, K.; Stevens, J. D.; Compagno, L. J. V. (December 2004). "A review of the systematics of the sleeper shark genus Somniosus with redescriptions of Somniosus (Somniosus) antarcticus and Somniosus (Rhinoscymnus) longus (Squaliformes: Somniosidae)". Ichthyological Research. Springer. 51 (4): 360–373. doi:10.1007/s10228-004-0244-4. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
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