Alopias latidens
| Alopias latidens Temporal range:
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| Tooth of A. latidens, found in Calvert Formation. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Division: | Selachii |
| Order: | Lamniformes |
| Family: | Alopiidae |
| Genus: | Alopias |
| Species: | †A. latidens
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| Binomial name | |
| †Alopias latidens (Leriche, 1909)
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Alopias latidens is an extinct species of thresher shark, that lived in the in Early Miocene, know from only teeth found in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.[2][3]
References
- ^ Leriche, Leriche. "Alopias latidens". Shark-References. 1909.
- ^ Micklich, N., Pharisat, A. "Oligocene fishes in the western Paratethys of the Rhine Valley Rift System". Italian Journal of Zoology. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
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