Somniosus Le Sueur 1818 (sleeper shark)
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Chondrichthyes - Squaliformes - Somniosidae
Synonyms: Laemargus Müller and Henle 1838, Leiodon Wood 1846
Parent taxon: Somniosidae according to N. Straube et al. 2015
See also Jordan 1963, Sepkoski 2002 and Welton and Goedert 2016
Sister taxa: Centroscymnus, Centroselachus, Cretascymnus, Palaeocentroscymnus, Protoxynotus, Rhinoscymnus, Scymnodalatias, Scymnodon, Zameus
Subtaxa: Somniosus gonzalezi Somniosus microcephalus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Belgium (1 collection)
• Miocene of Japan (1)
• Oligocene of United States (2: Washington)
• Eocene of France (1), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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