Akaimia

{{Short description|Extinct genus of sharks}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}

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| taxon = Akaimia

| authority = Rees, 2010

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• Akaimia altucuspis Rees, 2010
• Akaimia myriacuspis Srdic et al., 2016

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Akaimia is an extinct genus of carpet sharks which existed across Europe. Two species are known, the type species A. altucuspis from the middle or late Jurassic (Callovian or Oxfordian age) of Ogrodzieniec near Zawiercie, southern Poland, and{{Cite journal|author=Alex Srdic |year=2016 |title=First occurrence of the orectolobiform shark Akaimia in the Oxford Clay Formation (Jurassic, Callovian) of England |journal=Proceedings of the Geologists' Association |volume=127 |issue=4 |pages=506–513 |doi=10.1016/j.pgeola.2016.07.002 |bibcode=2016PrGA..127..506S |url=https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/first-occurrence-of-the-orectolobiform-shark-akaimia-in-the-oxford-clay-formation-jurassic-callovian-of-england(dfc43ced-c714-4737-9a73-83277c51be7a).html }} A. myriacuspis, from the middle Jurassic (Callovian) of the Oxford Clay, near Peterborough.{{Cite journal|author=Jan Rees |year=2010 |title=Neoselachian sharks from the Callovian–Oxfordian (Jurassic) of Ogrodzieniec, Zawiercie Region, southern Poland |journal=Palaeontology |volume=53 |issue=4 |pages=887–902 |doi=10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.00967.x |doi-access=free |bibcode=2010Palgy..53..887R }} It was first named by Jan Rees in 2010.