Phorcynis

Phorcynis
Phorcynis catulina in the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Division:	Selachii
Order:	Squatiniformes
Family:	Squatinidae
Genus:	† Phorcynis Thiollière 1854

Phorcynis is an extinct genus of cartilaginous fish. The scales of Phorcynis have elongated crowns with a narrow median keel and short lateral folds ^[1] and the teeth are asymmetrical, similar to those of Orectolobus . ^[2]

References

1. Gloria Arratia Fuentes, Hans-Peter Schultze (1999). Mesozoic fishes 2: systematics and fossil record : proceedings of the international meeting. Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. p. 34. ISBN   978-3-931516-48-2.
2. Perry W. Gilbert (1967). Sharks, skates, and rays. Johns Hopkins Press. p. 29. ISBN   9780598242501.

Further reading

• D. S. Jordan. 1963. The Genera of Fishes and a Classification of Fishes. Stanford University Press 1-816

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