Keasius

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Keasius
Temporal range: 41.2–11.63 Ma Middle Eocene–Middle Miocene
Restoration, with Austromola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Division: Selachii
Order: Lamniformes
Family: Cetorhinidae
Genus: †Keasius
Welton, 2013[1]
Type species
†Keasius taylori
Welton, 2013
Other species
  • †Keasius parvus
    (Leriche, 1908)[2]
  • †Keasius septemtrionalis
    Reinecke, von der Hocht, & Dufraing, 2015[3]
  • †Keasius rhenanus
    Reinecke, von der Hocht, & Dufraing, 2015
Synonyms
Genus synonymy
Species synonymy
  • K. parvus
      • Cetorhinus parvus
        Leriche, 1908

Keasius is an extinct genus of basking sharks that lived during the Cenozoic. It contains four valid species, which have been found in North America, Europe, and Antarctica.[1][3]

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