Heptranchias
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| Heptranchias Temporal range: Cretaceous – Recent | |
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| Sharpnose sevengill shark (Heptranchias perlo) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Division: | Selachii |
| Order: | Hexanchiformes |
| Family: | Hexanchidae |
| Genus: | Heptranchias Rafinesque, 1810 |
| Type species | |
| Squalus perlo Bonnaterre, 1788 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Heptranchias is a genus of sharks in the family Hexanchidae.
- Heptranchias perlo (Bonnaterre, 1788) (sharpnose sevengill shark)
- †Heptranchias ezoensis Applegate & Uyeno, 1968
- †Heptranchias howelli Reed, 1946
- †Heptranchias karagalensis Kozlov in Zhelezko & Kozlov, 1999
- †Heptranchias tenuidens Leriche, 1938
Fossil record
Fossils of Heptranchias are found in marine strata from the Cretaceous period. Fossils are known from various localities in Europe, North America, South America, New Zealand and Japan.[3]
