Heptranchias
| Heptranchias Temporal range: Cretaceous – Recent | |
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| Heptranchias perlo | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Superorder: | Selachimorpha |
| Order: | Hexanchiformes |
| Family: | Hexanchidae |
| Genus: | Heptranchias Rafinesque, 1810 |
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Heptranchias is a genus of sharks in the family Hexanchidae.
Species
- †Heptranchias cinereus Rafinesque 1810
- †Heptranchias howelli Reed 1946
- Heptranchias perlo Bonnaterre 1788
Fossil record
Fossils of Heptranchias are found in marine strata from the Cretaceous until the Quaternary (age range: from 66.043 to 0.781 million years ago.). Fossils are known from various localities in Europe, North America, South America, New Zealand and Japan. [3]
Fossil teeth of Heptranchias species
Bibliography
- Bonnaterre, J.P. 1788, Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature... Ichthyologie. Paris. Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature... Ichthyologie.: i-lvi + 1-215, Pls. A-B + 1-100.
- Compagno, L.J.V. 1. Hexanchiformes to Lamniformes // Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of sharks species known to date. — FAO Fish Synop., 1984. — Vol. 4. — P. 14. — 249 p.
- Heptranchias. FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. February 2009 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2009.
- Rafinesque, C.S. 1810, Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. (Part 1 involves fishes, pp. [i-iv] 3-69 [70 blank], Part 2 with slightly different title, pp. ia-iva + 71-105 [106 blank]). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi.. Pls. 1-20. [Dates to 1810 (see Holthius & Boeseman 1977 [ref. 6877], Wheeler 1988 [ref. 6878]). Also see Boewe 1982 [ref. 6030].]
See also
References
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