†Somniosus gonzalezi 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 Somniosus according to B. J. Welton and J. L. Goedert 2016
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: USNM 559335, a tooth. Its type locality is LACMVP 5412, which is in a Chattian offshore mudstone in the Pysht Formation of Washington.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (2: Washington collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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