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Cetorhinidae is a
family of
filter feeding mackerel sharks,
whose members are
commonly known as
basking sharks. It
includes the
extant basking shark, Cetorhinus...
- protection. The
basking shark is the only
extant member of the
family Cetorhinidae, part of the
mackerel shark order Lamniformes.
Johan Ernst Gunnerus first...
- form a
monophyletic sister group to the
clade containing the
families Cetorhinidae (basking shark) and
Lamnidae (mackerel sharks). The
megamouth shark (Megachasma...
- †Aquilolamna
Vullo et al., 2021 †Aquilolamna
milarcae Vullo et al., 2021
Family Cetorhinidae Gill, 1862
Genus Cetorhinus Blainville, 1816
Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus...
- Megachasmidae,
though some
scientists have
suggested it may
belong in the
family Cetorhinidae. The
first megamouth shark was
captured on
November 15, 1976,
about 25...
- Welton,
Bruce J. (2013). "A New
Archaic Basking Shark (Lamniformes:
Cetorhinidae) From the Late
Eocene of
Western Oregon, U.S.A., and
Description of the...
- Megachasmidae,
though suggestion has been made that it may
belong in the
family Cetorhinidae, of
which the
basking shark is
currently the sole
extant member. Megachasma...
- Antarctica. Welton, B.J. (2013). "A new
archaic basking shark (Lamniformes:
Cetorhinidae) from the late
Eocene of
western Oregon, U.S.A., and
description of the...
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Chondrichthyes Subclass Elasmobranchii Subdivision Selachii Alopiidae Cetorhinidae Lamnidae Megachasmidae Mitsukurinidae Odontaspididae Pseudocarchariidae...
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living species:
Family Alopiidae Bonaparte, 1838 (Thresher sharks)
Family Cetorhinidae Gill, 1862 (Basking sharks)
Family Lamnidae J. P. Müller and Henle, 1838...
