Alopias subexigua is extinct species of thresher shark, that lived in the Eocene to Miocene. It is known only from teeth. Alopias subexigua was discovered in North America, in California.[1][failed verification]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
| Order: | Lamniformes |
| Family: | Alopiidae |
| Genus: | Alopias |
| Species: | A. subexigua
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| Alopias subexigua Darteville & Casier, 1959
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References
edit- ^ Guinot, G., Condamine. "Climate cooling and clade competition likely drove the decline of lamniform sharks". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
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