Akaimia
Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Classis: Chondrichthyes
Subclassis: Elasmobranchii
Infraclassis: Euselachii
Division/Cohort: Neoselachii
Subdivision/Subcohort: Selachimorpha
Superordo: Galeomorphii
Ordo: Orectolobiformes
Genus: †Akaimia
Species:
†A. altucuspis –
†A. myriacuspis
Name
edit†Akaimia Rees, 2010
- Type species: †Akaimia altucuspis Rees, 2010
Etymology: The generic name is in recognition of Dr. Andrzej Kaim.
References
edit- Rees, J. 2010. Neoselachian sharks from the Callovian–Oxfordian (Jurassic) of Ogrodzieniec, Zawiercie Region, southern Poland. Palaeontology 53(4): 887–902. DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.00967.x Reference page.
- Srdic, A., Duffin, C.J. & Martill, D.M. 2016. First occurrence of the orectolobiform shark Akaimia in the Oxford Clay Formation (Jurassic, Callovian) of England. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 127(4): 506–513. DOI: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2016.07.002 Reference page.