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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) and Welton and Goedert (2016).
It was assigned to Squaliformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Somniosidae by Jordan (1963) and Welton and Goedert (2016).
Species