†Rhinoscymnus viridiadamas Welton and Goedert 2016 (sleeper shark)
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Chondrichthyes - Squaliformes - Somniosidae
Full reference: B. J. Welton and J. L. Goedert. 2016. New fossil species of Somniosus and Rhinoscymnus (Squaliformes: Somniosidae), deep water sharks from Oligocene rocks of Western Washington State, USA. Fossil Record 5:309-326
Belongs to Rhinoscymnus according to B. J. Welton and J. L. Goedert 2016
Sister taxon: Rhinoscymnus clarki
Type specimen: NMMNH P-70545, a tooth
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Middle Fork Satsop River, Oligocene (Oligocene of Washington)
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