Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cryptic hornshark

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The result was delete. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 23:29, 21 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Cryptic hornshark

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The existence of this unnamed, unclassified species seems to be based on some self-indulgent speculation by a single author [1] (note absence of details about "genetic analysis" etc.) What the second reference, dealing with a pinniped family, is doing in that article, I have no idea - nor how a discussion of fossils, published 30 years prior to the speculative description of this shark, could in any way be relevant to a species supposed to be distinguished by its skin markings...

Redirected to genus earlier, which was just reverted. On reconsideration, I would now suggest deletion, as this name is just too general and informal to justify a redirect. Elmidae (talk · contribs) 21:47, 14 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - as per nom. Not worth having as it is now. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:59, 15 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
The Oman bullhead shark was some years ago a humble Heterodontus sp., but I can find no documentation for this having progressed similarly. Uncle G (talk) 12:06, 15 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yup, that received a formal taxonomic description [2], and that's what we would need here. --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 13:38, 15 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Animal-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 06:22, 16 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete fails WP:SPECIESOUTCOMES Kingofaces43 (talk) 14:36, 16 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Not a species yet, so not inherently notable. Otherwise lacking notability, as the only other mentions of the shark just refer back to the book cited in the article. When it's formally described, re-create the article. --Nessie (talk) 18:36, 19 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.