Hexanchiformes

Hexanchiformes
Temporal range: Possible Permian record
Broadnose sevengill shark (Notorynchus cepedianus)
Frilled shark (Chlamydoselachus anguineus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Division: Selachii
Superorder: Squalomorphi
Clade: Hexanchida
Order: Hexanchiformes
F. de Buen, 1926
Families

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The Hexanchiformes /hɛkˈsæŋkɪfɔːrmz/ are a primitive order of sharks,[a] numbering just seven extant species in two families. Fossil sharks that were apparently very similar to modern sevengill species are known from Jurassic specimens.[2]

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Order Hexanchiformes". FishBase. January 2009 version.
  2. ^ Allen, Thomas B. (1999). The Shark Almanac. New York: The Lyons Press. p. 45. ISBN 1-55821-582-4.


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