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Haimirichiidae is an extinct family of lamniform sharks possibly containing two genera Haimirichia and possibly Roulletia.[1]
| Haimirichiidae Temporal range:
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| Articulated partial skeleton of haimirichia from the Akrabou Formation in Morocco | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Lamniformes |
| Family: | †Haimirichiidae Vullo, Guinot, & Barbe, 2016 |
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References
edit- ^ Vullo, Romain; Guinot, Guillaume; Barbe, Gérard (2016-12-01). "The first articulated specimen of the Cretaceous mackerel shark Haimirichia amonensis gen. nov. (Haimirichiidae fam. nov.) reveals a novel ecomorphological adaptation within the Lamniformes (Elasmobranchii)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 14 (12): 1003–1024. Bibcode:2016JSPal..14.1003V. doi:10.1080/14772019.2015.1137983. ISSN 1477-2019.