''Chlamydoselachus'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

shark Sharks are a group of elasmobranch fish characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton, five to seven gill slits on the sides of the head, and pectoral fins that are not fused to the head. Modern sharks are classified within the clade Selachi ...

s and the sole extant member of the

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Chlamydoselachidae, in the

order Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to: * Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood * Heterarchy, a system of organization wherein the elements have the potential to be ranked a number of ...

Hexanchiformes The Hexanchiformes are the order consisting of the most primitive types of sharks, and numbering just seven extant species. Fossil sharks that were apparently very similar to modern sevengill species are known from Jurassic specimens. Hexanchif ...

. It contains two extant and several extinct species. The most widely known species still surviving is the

frilled shark The frilled shark (''Chlamydoselachus anguineus'') and the southern African frilled shark (''Chlamydoselachus africana'') are the two extant species of shark in the family '' Chlamydoselachidae''. The frilled shark is considered a living fossil ...

(''Chlamydoselachus anguineus''). It is known as a living fossil, along with ''Chlamydoselachus africana'', also known as the

southern African frilled shark The southern African frilled shark (''Chlamydoselachus africana'') is a species of shark in the family Chlamydoselachidae, described in 2009. It is found in the deep waters off southern Angola to southern Namibia. This species is difficult ...

, which is only found along coastal areas of South Africa. The only two extant species of this genus are deep-sea creatures which are typically weakened in areas closer to the surface.

Species

* '' Chlamydoselachus africana''

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& Compagno, 2009 (southern African frilled shark) * '' Chlamydoselachus anguineus'' Garman, 1884 (frilled shark) * †'' Chlamydoselachus bracheri'' Pfeil, 1983 * †'' Chlamydoselachus fiedleri'' Pfeil, 1983 * †''

Chlamydoselachus garmani ''Chlamydoselachus garmani'' is an extinct species of large frilled shark from the Miocene. Fossils have been found in Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second m ...

'' Welton, 1983 * †''

Chlamydoselachus goliath ''Rolfodon goliath'' is an extinct species of large frilled shark that lived during the Late Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in Angola's southern Benguela Basin. It was described by Miguel Telles Antunes and Henri Cappetta in 2002 during ...

'' Antunes & Cappetta, 2002 * †''

Chlamydoselachus gracilis ''Chlamydoselachus'' is a genus of sharks and the sole extant member of the family Chlamydoselachidae, in the order Hexanchiformes. It contains two extant and several extinct species. The most widely known species still surviving is the frilled s ...

'' Antunes & Cappetta, 2002 * †'' Chlamydoselachus keyesi'' Mannering & Hiller, 2008 * †'' Chlamydoselachus landinii'' Carrillo-Briceño, Aguilera & Rodriguez, 2014 * †'' Chlamydoselachus lawleyi'' Davis, 1887 * †'' Chlamydoselachus tatere'' Consoli, 2008 * †'' Chlamydoselachus thomsoni'' Richter & Ward, 1990 * †''

Chlamydoselachus tobleri ''Chlamydoselachus'' is a genus of sharks and the sole extant member of the family Chlamydoselachidae, in the order Hexanchiformes. It contains two extant and several extinct species. The most widely known species still surviving is the frilled s ...

'' Leriche, 1929

References

Chlamydoselachidae Extant Campanian first appearances Shark genera Taxa named by Samuel Garman Campanian genus first appearances {{shark-stub