Dalatias
Genus of sharks
title: "Dalatias" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["extant-eocene-first-appearances", "shark-genera", "taxa-named-by-constantine-samuel-rafinesque", "dalatiidae"] description: "Genus of sharks" topic_path: "general/extant-eocene-first-appearances" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalatias" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Genus of sharks ::
| fossil_range = | image = Dalatias licha csiro-nfc.jpg | image_caption =Dalatias licha | taxon = Dalatias | authority = Rafinesque, 1810 | type_species = Dalatias licha | type_species_authority = Bonnaterre, 1788 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision =
- D. licha (Bonnaterre, 1788)
- D. turkmenicus Glikman, 1964
- D. orientalis Malyshkina et al., 2023 | subdivision_ref =
Dalatias is a genus of kitefin sharks that have lived since the Middle Eocene. The genus contains one extant and two extinct species: D. licha (the type species), D. turkmenicus and D. orientalis. Because D. turkmenicus was described on the basis of a single tooth crown, D. licha was considered as the only valid species within the genus until Malyshkina et al. (2023) described a third species, D. orientalis, from the Middle Miocene Duho Formation in Pohang, South Korea.
References
References
- Keyes, I.W.. (1984). "New records of fossil elasmobranch genera ''Megascyliorhinus'', ''Centrophorus'', and ''Dalatias'' (Order Selachii) in New Zealand". New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics.
- (2023). "Miocene Elasmobranchii from the Duho Formation, South Korea". Historical Biology.
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