Akaimia

Extinct genus of sharks From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Akaimia is an extinct genus of carpet sharks which existed across Europe. Two species are known, the type species A. altucuspis from the middle or late Jurassic (Callovian or Oxfordian age) of Ogrodzieniec near Zawiercie, southern Poland, and[2] A. myriacuspis,[2] from the middle Jurassic (Callovian) of the Oxford Clay, near Peterborough.[1] It was first named by Jan Rees in 2010.[1]

Phylum:Chordata
Division:Selachii
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Akaimia
Temporal range: Middle-Late Jurassic
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Division: Selachii
Order: Orectolobiformes
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Akaimia
Rees, 2010[1]
Species
  • Akaimia altucuspis Rees, 2010[1]
  • Akaimia myriacuspis Srdic et al., 2016[2]
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