Johnlonginae Temporal range: Late Cretaceous |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Superorder: | Selachimorpha |
Order: | Lamniformes |
Family: | Odontaspididae |
Subfamily: |
†Johnlonginae Shimada, 2015 |
Genera | |
Johnlonginae is an extinct subfamily of sand shark with two genera: Johnlongia and Pseudomegachasma. The latter genus is thought to have evolved from former. They are among the older sand sharks, and are only known from the Cretaceous period.