Dalatias Explained

Dalatias is a genus of kitefin sharks that have lived since the Middle Eocene. It was thought to be a monotypic taxon with the type species, D. licha, considered as the only species until 2022, when Malyshkina and her colleagues described a new Middle Miocene species, D. orientalis. D. orientalis is from the Middle Miocene aged Duho Formation in Pohang, South Korea.^{[1] [2]}

Notes and References

1. Malyshkina, Tatiana P.. Ward, David J.. Nazarkin, Mikhail V.. Nam, Gi-Soo. Kwon, Seung-Hyuk. Lee, Jeong-Hyun. Kim, Tae-Wan. Kim, Do-Kwon. Baek, Doo-Sung. 2022. Miocene Elasmobranchii from the Duho Formation, South Korea. Historical Biology. 35 . 9 . 1726–1741 . 10.1080/08912963.2022.2110870.
2. Yun. Chan-gyu. 2021. First Deep-Sea Shark Fossil Teeth from the Miocene of South Korea. Zoodiversity. 55. 3. 225–232. 10.15407/zoo2021.03.225. free.