Alopias latidens
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| Alopias latidens Temporal range: | |
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| Tooth of A. latidens, found in Calvert Formation. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Division: | Selachii |
| Order: | Lamniformes |
| Family: | Alopiidae |
| Genus: | Alopias |
| Species: | †A. latidens |
| Binomial name | |
| †Alopias latidens (Leriche, 1909) | |
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Alopias latidens is an extinct species of thresher shark, that lived in the in Early Miocene, know from only teeth found in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.[2][3]
