Caucasochasma
Caucasochasma is an extinct genus of basking sharks that lived during the Oligocene. It contains one valid species, C. zherikhini. It is known from a mostly-complete skeleton from the Pshekha Formation of Russia. It has a body plan more similar to sand sharks than to extant basking sharks, which indicates that it was a benthic filter feeder.[1]
| Caucasochasma Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Lamniformes |
| Family: | Cetorhinidae |
| Genus: | †Caucasochasma Prokofiev & Sychevskaya, 2018[1] |
| Species: | †C. zherikhini |
| Binomial name | |
| †Caucasochasma zherikhini Prokofiev & Sychevskaya, 2018 | |
References
- Prokofiev, A.M.; Sychevskaya, E.K. (2018). "Basking shark (Lamniformes: Cetorhinidae) from the lower Oligocene of the Caucasus". Journal of Ichthyology. 58 (2): 127–138. doi:10.1134/S0032945218020121.
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