Biology:Alopiidae
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Alopiidae is a family of large mackerel sharks (order Lamniformes).[1] The only extant genus is the thresher shark (Alopias). The extinct genera Anotodus, Paranomotodon, Usakias and Trigonotodus have been proposed as members of this family.[2][3]
It is believed that thresher sharks originated from a common ancestor that appeared in the Late Cretaceous, at least 70 million years ago. The first thresher sharks of the genus Alopias appeared about 50 million years ago.[citation needed] Trigonotodus is known from the Oligocene.[4]
References
- ↑ Carrillo-Briceño, Jorge D.; Villafaña, Jaime A.; Gracia, Carlos De; Flores-Alcívar, F. Fernando; Kindlimann, René; Abella, Juan (April 29, 2020). "Diversity and paleoenvironmental implications of an elasmobranch assemblage from the Oligocene–Miocene boundary of Ecuador" (in en). PeerJ 8. doi:10.7717/peerj.9051. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 7195833. https://peerj.com/articles/9051.
- ↑ Bampi, H., Granzotti, D.S. (2006). "Taxonomic and morphometric revision of Alopiidae (Lamniformes) shark family: a qualitative holistic approach based on dental characters". Historical Biology. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08912963.2026.2651906.
- ↑ Kozlov, V.A. (2000). (Systematics and evolution of sharks from family AIopiidae (based on the materials from Palaeogene deposits of Middle Asia and western Kazakhstan)). Materialy po Stratigrafii i Paleontologii Urala. pp. 142–147.
- ↑ Jim Bourdon (2006). "Thresher sharks — Lower Eocene - Recent". elasmo.com. http://www.elasmo.com/frameMe.html?file=genera/cenozoic/sharks/alopias.html&menu=bin/menu_genera-alt.html.
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