Megachasma applegatei
Extinct species of shark / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Megachasma applegatei is an extinct species of megamouth shark from the Oligocene to early Miocene (28-23 Mya) of the Western United States.[1][2] The type fossil was discovered in the San Joaquin Valley in 1973, but only described in 2014, when the species was named after its discoverer, Shelton Applegate.[3]
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Megachasma applegatei | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
Order: | Lamniformes |
Family: | Megachasmidae |
Genus: | Megachasma |
Species: | †M. applegatei |
Binomial name | |
†Megachasma applegatei Shimada, Welton and Long, 2014 | |
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