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Alopias latidens

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Extinct species of shark

Alopias latidens
Temporal range: 41.3–3.6 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Bartonian to Zanclean
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Lamniformes
Family: Alopiidae
Genus: Alopias
Species: A. latidens
Binomial name
Alopias latidens
(Leriche, 1909)
Synonyms
  • Alopecias cf. latidens
  • Alopecias latidens
  • Alopias aff. latidens
  • Alopias cf. latidens
  • Vulpecula latidens

Alopias latidens is extinct species of thresher shark, that lived in the Eocene and Pliocene, in Bartonian to Zanclean. There were at least two subspecies, A. latidens alabamensis, and A. latidens carolinensis.

References

  1. Leriche, Leriche. "Alopias latidens". Shark-References. 1909.
  2. White, Leriche. "Alopias latidens". PBDB. 1909-1956.
Taxon identifiers
Alopias latidens


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