| Alopias subexigua Temporal range: Eocene–Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Lamniformes |
| Family: | Alopiidae |
| Genus: | Alopias |
| Species: | A. subexigua |
| Binomial name | |
| Alopias subexigua Darteville & Casier, 1959 | |
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Alopias subexigua is extinct species of thresher shark, that lived in the Eocene to Miocene. It is known only from teeth. Alopias subexigua was discovered in North America, in California.
References
- Guinot, G., Condamine (2019). "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. 116 (41): 20584–20590. doi:10.1073/pnas.1902693116. PMC 6789557. PMID 31548392.
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