Alopias subexigua is extinct species of thresher shark, that lived in the Eocene to Miocene. It is known only from teeth. Alopias subexigua was discovered in North America, in California.[1][failed verification]

Alopias subexigua
Temporal range: Eocene–Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Lamniformes
Family: Alopiidae
Genus: Alopias
Species:
A. subexigua
Binomial name
Alopias subexigua
Darteville & Casier, 1959
Synonyms
  • Alopias aff. subexigua Darteville & Casier, 1959

References

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  1. ^ Guinot, G., Condamine (2019). "Climate cooling and clade competition likely drove the decline of lamniform sharks". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 116 (41): 20584–20590. doi:10.1073/pnas.1902693116. PMC 6789557. PMID 31548392.