Somniosus Le Sueur 1818 (sleeper shark)
Chondrichthyes - Squaliformes - Somniosidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 34559
Parent taxon: Somniosidae according to B. J. Welton and J. L. Goedert 2016
Sister taxa: Centroselachus, Heteroscymnus, Laemargus, Leiodon, Rhinoscymnus
Subtaxa: Somniosus gonzalezi
Ecology: nektonic carnivore