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Eosqualiolus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Chondrichthyes

Order
  
Squaliformes

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Subclass
  
Elasmobranchii

Family
  
Dalatiidae

Similar
  
Dalatiidae, Squaliformes, Sawshark

Eosqualiolus is an extinct genus of sharks in the family Dalatiidae. It was described by Sylvain Adnet in 2006, and the type species is E. aturensis, which existed during the middle Eocene of what is now France. A new species, E. skrovinai, which existed in what is now Slovakia during the Miocene period, was described by Charlie J. Underwood and Jan Schlogl in 2012, and named in honour of Michal Škrovina. E. skrovinai was described from 14 fossil teeth; 9 upper and 5 lower, some of which were partial and some were complete.

Species

  • Eosqualiolus aturensis Adnet, 2006
  • Eosqualiolus skrovinai Underwood & Schlogl, 2012
  • References

    Eosqualiolus Wikipedia