Biology:Somniosus gonzalezi
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Short description: Extinct species of shark
| Somniosus gonzalezi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Somniosidae |
| Genus: | Somniosus |
| Species: | †S. gonzalezi
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| Binomial name | |
| †Somniosus gonzalezi Welton & Goedert, 2016
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Somniosus gonzalezi is an extinct species of sleeper shark that lived during the Oligocene epoch Rupelian to Chattian stages. The species was described from teeth fossils found in the Pysht Formation of Washington (state) Olympic Peninsula.[1]
References
Wikidata ☰ Q65063742 entry
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