Deania

Deania
Temporal range: 23–0 Ma Early Miocene to present[1]
Longsnout dogfish (Deania quadrispinosa)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Subdivision: Selachimorpha
Order: Squaliformes
Family: Centrophoridae
Genus: Deania
D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1902
Species

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Deania is a genus of long-snouted, deepwater dogfish sharks in the family Centrophoridae.

  1. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Chondrichthyes entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2012-05-10. Retrieved 2008-01-09.