Etmopterus

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Etmopterus
Fossil range: Miocene to Present[1]
Blackbelly lanternshark, Etmopterus lucifer  Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Blackbelly lanternshark, Etmopterus lucifer Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Squaliformes
Family: Dalatiidae
Genus: Etmopterus
Rafinesque, 1810
Species

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Etmopterus is a genus of squaliform sharks in the family Dalatiidae.

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[edit] References

  • "Etmopterus". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. May 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
  1. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Chondrichthyes entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: p.560. 
  2. ^ Silva & Ebert (2006). "Etmopterus burgessi sp. nov., a new species of lanternshark (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae) from Taiwan". Zootaxa 1373: 53–64. 
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