Hemipristis curvatus
| Hemipristis curvatus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Hemigaleidae |
| Genus: | Hemipristis |
| Species: | †H. curvatus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Hemipristis curvatus (Probst, 1879)
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Hemipristis curvatus is an extinct species of weasel shark which existed during the Eocene epoch. It was described by Dames in 1883.[1][2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ Tertiary research, Volumes 20-22 Tertiary Research Group (Great Britain), 2000.
- ^ Geology of Egypt and Libya By E. Tawadros, Ezzat Tawadros. Published by Taylor & Francis, 2001. ISBN 905809331X/ISBN 9789058093318
- ^ Kriwet, Jürgen; Pfaff, Cathrin; Underwood, Charlie J.; Ward, David J.; Kriwet, Jürgen (January 2018). "Tooth mineralization and histology patterns in extinct and extant snaggletooth sharks, Hemipristis (Carcharhiniformes, Hemigaleidae)-Evolutionary significance or ecological adaptation?". PLOS ONE. 13 (8): e0200951. Bibcode:2018PLoSO..1300951J. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0200951. PMC 6082511. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
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