Rhizoprionodon tianshanensis
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| Rhizoprionodon tianshanensis Temporal range: Late Eocene (Priabonian), | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Division: | Selachii |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Carcharhinidae |
| Genus: | Rhizoprionodon |
| Species: | †R. tianshanensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Rhizoprionodon tianshanensis (Li, 1997) | |
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Rhizoprionodon tianshanensis is an extinct species of requiem shark,[1] from the Late Eocene of Xinjiang, China. It was originally described as a whale shark,[2] in the genus Eorhincodon, but was reclassified as a species of Rhizoprionodon.
References
[edit]- ↑ Capetta, Henri (2012). Handbook of Paleoichthyology. Volume 3E. Chondrichthyes. Mesozoic and Cenozoic Elasmobranchii: Teeth. Munich: Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil. ISBN 978-3-89937-148-2.
- ↑ Li, Guo-Qing (1997). "Elasmobranchs from the Lower Tertiary of the western Tarim Basin, China, and their biostratigraphic significance" (PDF). Palaeoworld. 7: 107–136 [110].
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