Deania

Deania Temporal range: 23–0 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N Early Miocene to Present[1]
Longsnout dogfish, Deania quadrispinosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Squaliformes
Family:	Centrophoridae
Genus:	Deania D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1902
Species
See text.

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Deania is a genus of long-snouted, deepwater dogfish sharks in the family Centrophoridae.

Species

• Deania calcea (R. T. Lowe, 1839) (Birdbeak dogfish)
• Deania hystricosa (Garman, 1906) (Rough longnose dogfish)
• Deania profundorum (H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912) (Arrowhead dogfish)
• Deania quadrispinosum (McCulloch, 1915) (Longsnout dogfish)

See also

• List of prehistoric cartilaginous fish

References

1. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Chondrichthyes entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: p.560. http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=575&rank=class. Retrieved 2008-01-09. 

• Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Deania in FishBase. February 2011 version.
• Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8