Abdounia minutissima

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Abdounia minutissima
Temporal range: Eocene
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Carcharhinidae
Genus: Abdounia
Species:
A. minutissima
Binomial name
Abdounia minutissima
Winkler, 1873

Abdounia minutissima [1] is an extinct species of requiem shark from the Eocene Epoch. It is known from isolated teeth in England, Belgium and possibly the Chespeake Bay region of the eastern United States. [2]

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References

  1. "Abdounia minutissima | Shark-References". shark-references.com. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  2. "elasmo.com". www.elasmo.com. Retrieved 2020-08-20.