Hemipristis tanakai
| Hemipristis tanakai Temporal range:
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Division: | Selachii |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Hemigaleidae |
| Genus: | Hemipristis |
| Species: | †H. tanakai
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| Binomial name | |
| †Hemipristis tanakai Tomita et. al., 2023
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Hemipristis tanakai is an extinct species of Hemipristis that lived during the Rupelian stage of the Oligocene epoch.
Distribution
Hemipristis tanakai is known from the Yamaga Formation of northern Kyushu, Japan.[1]
References
- ^ Tomita, Taketeru; Yabumoto, Yoshitaka; Kuga, Naoyuki (15 December 2023). "A New Snaggletooth Shark Species, Hemipristis tanakai sp. nov., from the Ashiya Group (Oligocene), Northern Kyushu, Japan". Paleontological Research. 28 (3): 21. Bibcode:2023PalRe..28.0021T. doi:10.2517/PR220021. ISSN 1342-8144. Retrieved 20 December 2023 – via BioOne Digital Library.