Rhincodon ferriolensis
| Rhincodon ferriolensis Temporal range:
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Division: | Selachii |
| Order: | Orectolobiformes |
| Family: | Rhincodontidae |
| Genus: | Rhincodon |
| Species: | †R. ferriolensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Rhincodon ferriolensis Mediola, 1996
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Rhincodon ferriolensis is an extinct species of Whale Shark that lived in Miocene epoch, in the late Burdigalian age.[1][2]
References
- ^ Carlos Martínez-Pérez, Jose Luis Herraiz (2022). First fossil record (Middle Miocene) of the viper shark Trigonognathus Mochizuki and Ohe, 1990, in the Mediterranean realm. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.
- ^ "Extinct - valid species | Species | Shark-References". shark-references.com. Retrieved 2025-06-01.