Deania
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| Deania Temporal range: 23–0Ma Early Miocene to Present[1] | |
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| Longsnout dogfish, Deania quadrispinosum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Centrophoridae |
| Genus: | Deania D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1902 |
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Deania is a genus of long-snouted, deepwater dogfish sharks in the family Centrophoridae.
Species
- Deania calcea (R. T. Lowe, 1839) (Birdbeak dogfish)
- Deania hystricosa (Garman, 1906) (Rough longnose dogfish)
- Deania profundorum (H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912) (Arrowhead dogfish)
- Deania quadrispinosum (McCulloch, 1915) (Longsnout dogfish)
See also
- List of prehistoric cartilaginous fish
References
- ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Chondrichthyes entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: p.560. Retrieved 2008-01-09.
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Deania in FishBase. February 2011 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
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