Hexanchiformes
The Hexanchiformes /hɛkˈsæŋkɪfɔːrmiːz/ are a primitive order of sharks, that numbering just seven extant species in two families. Fossil sharks that were apparently very similar to modern sevengill species are known from Jurassic specimens.
| Hexanchiformes Temporal range:
Possible Permian record | |
|---|---|
| Broadnose sevengill shark (Notorynchus cepedianus) | |
| Frilled shark, (Chlamydoselachus anguineus) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Clade: | Neoselachii |
| Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
| Superorder: | Squalomorphii |
| Order: | Hexanchiformes F. de Buen, 1926 |
| Families | |
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†Paraorthacodontidae? Suborder Hexanchoidei | |
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