Somniosus Le Sueur 1818 (sleeper shark)
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Chondrichthyes - Squaliformes - Somniosidae
Parent taxon: Somniosidae according to B. J. Welton and J. L. Goedert 2016
See also Jordan 1963 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Centroscymnus, Centroselachus, Cretascymnus, Heteroscymnus, Laemargus, Leiodon, Protoxynotus, Rhinoscymnus, Scymnodalatias
Subtaxa: Somniosus gonzalezi
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (2: Washington collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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