Deania

Deania
Temporal range: 23–0 Ma

Early Miocene to present[1]

Longsnout dogfish, Deania quadrispinosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Squaliformes
Family: Centrophoridae
Genus: Deania
D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1902
Species

See text.

Deania is a genus of long-snouted, deepwater dogfish sharks in the family Centrophoridae.

Species

See also

References

  1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Chondrichthyes entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. Retrieved 2008-01-09.
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