Somniosus Fossil range: Miocene to Present[1] Greenland shark, Somniosus microcephalus Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Subclass: Elasmobranchii Order: Squaliformes Family: Somniosidae Genus: Somniosus Lesueur, 1818

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Somniosus is a genus of dogfish sharks in the family Somniosidae.

[edit] Species

• Greenland shark, Somniosus microcephalus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
• Pacific sleeper shark, Somniosus pacificus (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1944)
• Little sleeper shark, Somniosus rostratus (Risso, 1827)

[edit] See also

• List of prehistoric cartilaginous fish

[edit] References