''Chaenogaleus affinis'' is an extinct species of

weasel shark The weasel sharks are a family, the Hemigaleidae, of ground sharks found from the eastern Atlantic Ocean to the continental Indo-Pacific. They are found in shallow coastal waters to a depth of . Most species are small, reaching no more than l ...

which existed during the

Miocene The Miocene ( ) is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma). The Miocene was named by Scottish geologist Charles Lyell; the name comes from the Greek words (', "less") and (', "new") and means "less recent" ...

epoch. It was described by Josef Probst in 1879.''Tertiary research, Volumes 20-22'' Tertiary Research Group (Great Britain), 2000.

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Chaenogaleus Miocene sharks Neogene fish of Europe {{Shark-stub