Pseudocoracidae

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Pseudocoracidae
Temporal range: Cenomanian-Maastrichtian
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Tooth of Pseudocorax granti
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Division: Selachii
Order: Lamniformes
Family: Pseudocoracidae
Cappetta, 2012 [1]
Genera

Pseudocoracidae is a family of extinct mackerel sharks that lived during the Late Cretaceous. It includes two genera, Galeocorax and Pseudocorax . [1] [2]

References

  1. 1 2 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.
  2. Jambura, P.L.; Stumpf, S.; Kriwet, J. (2021). "Skeletal remains of the oldest known pseudocoracid shark Pseudocorax kindlimanni sp. nov. (Chondrichthyes, Lamniformes) from the Late Cretaceous of Lebanon". Cretaceous Research. 125 104842. Bibcode:2021CrRes.12504842J. doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2021.104842 . PMC   7611798 . PMID   34642522.