Alopias latidens

Alopias latidens; Temporal range: 41.3–3.6 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Bartonian to Zanclean
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Lamniformes
Family:	Alopiidae
Genus:	Alopias
Species:	A. latidens
Binomial name
	Alopias latidens; (Leriche, 1909)
Synonyms
	Alopecias cf. latidens; Alopecias latidens; Alopias aff. latidens; Alopias cf. latidens; Vulpecula latidens;

Alopias latidens is extinct species of thresher shark, that lived in the Eocene and Pliocene, in Bartonian to Zanclean. There were at least two subspecies, A. latidens alabamensis, and A. latidens carolinensis.^[2]

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