Hemipristis curvatus

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Hemipristis curvatus
Temporal range: Eocene
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Subdivision: Selachimorpha
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Hemigaleidae
Genus: Hemipristis
Species:
H. curvatus
Binomial name
Hemipristis curvatus
(Probst, 1879)

Hemipristis curvatus is an extinct species of weasel shark which existed during the Eocene epoch. It was described by Dames in 1883. [1] [2] [3]

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References

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