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Somniosus (sleeper shark)
Taxonomy
Somniosus was named by Le Sueur (1818) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi R Sepkoski's reference number: 884]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Squaliformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Somniosidae by Jordan (1963), Welton and Goedert (2016).
It was assigned to Squaliformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Somniosidae by Jordan (1963), Welton and Goedert (2016).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1818 | Somniosus Le Sueur |
| 1963 | Somniosus Jordan p. 602 |
| 2002 | Somniosus Sepkoski |
| 2016 | Somniosus Welton and Goedert p. 318 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Somniosus Le Sueur 1818 [sleeper shark]
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†Somniosus gonzalezi Welton and Goedert 2016
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Chattian or 37.71000 to 23.04000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Priabonian | Russian Federation | Somniosus sp. (236597) | |
| Rupelian | USA (Washington) | Somniosus gonzalezi (58964) | |
| Chattian | USA (Washington) | Somniosus gonzalezi (45809) |