| Caucasochasma Temporal range:
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
| Order: | Lamniformes |
| Family: | Cetorhinidae |
| Genus: | †
Caucasochasma Prokofiev & Sychevskaya, 2018 [1] |
| Species: | †C. zherikhini
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| Binomial name | |
| †Caucasochasma zherikhini Prokofiev & Sychevskaya, 2018
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Caucasochasma is an extinct genus of basking sharks that lived during the Oligocene. It contains one species, C. zherikhini. It is known from a mostly-complete skeleton from the Pshekha Formation of Russia. It has a body plan more similar to sand sharks than to extant basking sharks, which indicates that it was a benthic filter feeder. [1]
References
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| Caucasochasma Temporal range:
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|---|---|
|
Scientific classification
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
| Order: | Lamniformes |
| Family: | Cetorhinidae |
| Genus: | †
Caucasochasma Prokofiev & Sychevskaya, 2018 [1] |
| Species: | †C. zherikhini
|
| Binomial name | |
| †Caucasochasma zherikhini Prokofiev & Sychevskaya, 2018
| |
Caucasochasma is an extinct genus of basking sharks that lived during the Oligocene. It contains one species, C. zherikhini. It is known from a mostly-complete skeleton from the Pshekha Formation of Russia. It has a body plan more similar to sand sharks than to extant basking sharks, which indicates that it was a benthic filter feeder. [1]
References
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| This article about a prehistoric shark is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |