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Extinct family of sharks

Anacoracidae
Temporal range: Albian-Maastrichtian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Squalicorax
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Lamniformes
Family: †Anacoracidae
Casier, 1947
Genera
Synonyms
  • Squalicoracidae
    Patterson in Andrews, Gardiner, Miles, & Patterson, 1967
  • Ptychocoracidae
    Herman & Van Waes, 2012

Anacoracidae is a family of extinct mackerel sharks that lived during the Cretaceous. It includes four valid genera: Nanocorax, Ptychocorax, Scindocorax, and Squalicorax. Two previously-included genera, Galeocorax and Pseudocorax, were reassigned to the family Pseudocoracidae.

References

  1. Casier, E. (1947). "Constitution et évolution de la racine dentaire des Euselachii. II. Étude comparative des types" (PDF). Bulletin du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique. 23 (14): 1–32.
  2. Andrews, S.M.; Gardiner, B.G.; Miles, R.S.; Patterson, C. (1967). "Pisces". In Harland, W.B.; Holland, C.H.; House, M.R.; Hughes, N.F.; Reynolds, A.B.; Rudwick, M.J.S.; Satterthwaite, G.E.; Tarlo, L.B.H.; Willey, E.C. (eds.). The Fossil Record. London: Geological Society of London. pp. 637–683. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.885.1134. doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1967.002.01.45. S2CID 130130229.
  3. Herman, J.; Van Waes, H. (2012). "Observations diverses et déductions concernant l'évolution et la systématique de quelques Euselachii, Neoselachii et Batoidei (Pisces – Elasmobranchii), actuels et fossiles. Données complémentaires" (PDF). Géominpal Belgica. 2 (2): 1–12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 February 2015.
  4. Cappetta, H.; Adnet, S.; Akkrim, D.; Amalik, M. (2014). "New Squalicorax species (Neoselachii: Lamniformes) from the Lower Maastrichtian of Ganntour phosphate deposit, Morocco". Palaeovertebrata. 38 (2): e3. doi:10.18563/pv.38.2.e3.
  5. Cappetta, H. (2012). Handbook of Paleoichthyology. Volume 3E. Chondrichthyes. Mesozoic and Cenozoic Elasmobranchii: Teeth. Munich: Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil. ISBN 978-3-89937-148-2.
Taxon identifiers
Anacoracidae


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