Kingdom Animalia Subclass Elasmobranchii Order Hexanchiformes Scientific name Heptranchias Rank Genus | Phylum Chordata Superorder Selachimorpha Family Hexanchidae Higher classification Cow shark | |
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Similar Sharpnose sevengill, Shark, Cow shark, Hexanchus, Hexanchiformes |
Species
Fossil record
![Heptranchias Heptranchias perlo](https://alchetron.com/cdn/heptranchias-1c0abce0-49c0-47fd-9d8b-950c1a7e9c3-resize-750.jpeg)
Fossils of Heptranchias are found in marine strata from the Cretaceous until the Quaternary (age range: from 66.043 to 0.781 million years ago.). Fossils are known from various localities in Europe, North America, South America, New Zealand and Japan.
![Heptranchias Sharpnose Sevengill Shark Heptranchias perlo](https://alchetron.com/cdn/heptranchias-5f707315-a4e1-4a21-a962-4173c7c6639-resize-750.jpeg)
![Heptranchias Sharpnose Sevengill SharkHeptranchias perlo by roesoftheshadows](https://alchetron.com/cdn/heptranchias-09648dad-e0a0-4e9f-8e9f-36fca44527b-resize-750.png)
![Heptranchias Heptranchias perlo](https://alchetron.com/cdn/heptranchias-1b1e31de-4a3e-48a7-851b-f075ee222f0-resize-750.jpeg)
![Heptranchias Heptranchias perlo](https://alchetron.com/cdn/heptranchias-90d253b2-5830-4da8-81a2-8437a133a63-resize-750.jpeg)
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References
Heptranchias Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA