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Squalicorax (crow shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Anacoracidae

Taxonomy
Squalicorax was named by Whitley (1939) [Sepkoski's age data: K Albi K Maes-u Sepkoski's reference number: 525,863,884].

It was assigned to Isuridae by Miller (1967); to Anacoracoidei by Case (1979); to Lamnidae by Uyeno et al. (1981); to Lamniformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Anacoracidae by Applegate (1970), Cappetta and Case (1975), Herman (1977), Case (1978), Thurmond and Jones (1981), Case and Schwimmer (1988), Werner (1989), Case et al. (1990), Case (1991), Müller and Diedrich (1991), Siverson (1992), Siverson (1996), Shimada (1996), Siverson (1997), Cappetta and Case (1999), Zalmout and Mustafa (2001), Cappetta and Odin (2001), Cicimurri (2003), Niedźwiedzki and Kalina (2003), Forey et al. (2003), Shimada (2006), Shimada et al. (2006), Vullo et al. (2007), Cahuzac et al. (2007), Shimada and Martin (2008), Bogan and Agnolin (2010), Underwood et al. (2011), Bourdon et al. (2011), Guinot et al. (2013), Cicimurri et al. (2014), Corral et al. (2016), Bice and Shimada (2016), Siversson and Machalski (2017), Siversson and Cook (2018), Guinot and Carrillo-Briceño (2018), Hoganson et al. (2019), Amalfitano et al. (2020), Maisch et al. (2021), Ebersole et al. (2022) and Guinot et al. (2023).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Corax Agassiz p. 224
1889Corax Woodward p. 422
1896Corax Alessandri p. 722
1902Corax Hay p. 309
1939Squalicorax Whitley
1940Anacorax White and Moy-Thomas p. 506
1946Corax Rapp p. 510
1958Anacorax Casier p. 55
1963Corax Jordan p. 599
1967Squalicorax Miller p. 223
1970Squalicorax Applegate p. 393
1971Palaeoanacorax Glickman
1971Palaeoanacorax volgensis Glickman
1971Eoanacorax Glikman and Shvazhaite
1975Squalicorax Cappetta and Case p. 7
1977Squalicorax Herman p. 105
1978Squalicorax Case p. 186
1979Squalicorax Case p. 79
1981Squalicorax Thurmond and Jones p. 57
1981Squalicorax Uyeno et al. pp. 83-84 figs. pl. 1, fg. F-I
1988Squalicorax Case and Schwimmer p. 294
1989Squalicorax Werner p. 35
1990Squalicorax Case et al. p. 1088
1991Squalicorax Case p. 6
1991Squalicorax primulus Müller and Diedrich
1991Squalicorax Müller and Diedrich p. 38
1992Squalicorax Siverson p. 548
1996Squalicorax Shimada p. 10
1996Squalicorax Siverson p. 844
1996Squalicorax volgensis Siverson p. 845 figs. Pl 6, figs 1-12
1997Squalicorax Siverson p. 461
1999Squalicorax Cappetta and Case p. 12
1999Squalicorax volgensis Cappetta and Case p. 14 figs. Pl 4, figs 7,8; pl 5, fig 1
2001Squalicorax Cappetta and Odin p. 647
2001Squalicorax Zalmout and Mustafa pp. 395-397 figs. 5-8, plate 3
2002Squalicorax Sepkoski
2003Squalicorax Cicimurri p. 9 figs. 5, C
2003Squalicorax Forey et al. p. 227
2003Squalicorax Niedźwiedzki and Kalina p. 21 figs. 4.5; 5.3
2006Priscusurus Kriwet
2006Priscusurus adruptodontus Kriwet
2006Squalicorax Shimada p. 167
2006Squalicorax Shimada et al. p. 8
2007Squalicorax Cahuzac et al. p. 22
2007Squalicorax Vullo et al. p. 105
2008Squalicorax Shimada and Martin p. 91
2008Squalicorax volgensis Shimada and Martin p. 92 fig. 5C
2010Squalicorax Bogan and Agnolin
2010Palaeoanacorax Underwood and Cumbaa p. 932
2010Palaeoanacorax primulus Underwood and Cumbaa p. 932
2010Palaeoanacorax volgensis Underwood and Cumbaa p. 932
2011Squalicorax Bourdon et al. p. 15
2011Squalicorax Underwood et al. p. 547
2013Palaeoanacorax Guinot et al. p. 625
2013Squalicorax Guinot et al. p. 629
2014Squalicorax Cicimurri et al. pp. 16-18 figs. 11A-H
2016Squalicorax Bice and Shimada p. 178
2016Squalicorax Corral et al. p. 645
2017Squalicorax Siversson and Machalski p. 456
2018Squalicorax Guinot and Carrillo-Briceño p. 5
2018Squalicorax Siversson and Cook p. 92
2019Squalicorax Hoganson et al. p. 28
2020Squalicorax Amalfitano et al. p. 266
2021Squalicorax Maisch et al. p. 12
2022Squalicorax Ebersole et al. p. 381
2023Squalicorax Guinot et al. pp. 5-6 figs. 3A-B

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderLamniformesBerg 1958
familyAnacoracidaeCasier 1947
genusSqualicoraxWhitley 1939

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Squalicorax Whitley 1939 [crow shark]
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†Squalicorax acutus Siversson and Cook 2018
†Squalicorax arnaudi Coquand 1859
†Squalicorax baharijensis Stromer 1927
†Squalicorax bazzii Siversson and Cook 2018
†Squalicorax benguerirensis Cappetta et al. 2014
†Squalicorax bernardezi Guinot et al. 2013
†Squalicorax coquandi Vullo et al. 2007
Squalicorax curvatus Williston 1900
†Squalicorax dalinkevichiusi Glikman and Shvazhaite 1971
†Squalicorax deckeri Bice and Shimada 2016
†Squalicorax falcatus Agassiz 1843
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Invalid names: Corax boreaui Coquand 1860 [synonym], Corax elongatus Coquand 1860 [synonym], Corax heterodon Reuss 1845 [synonym], Corax obliquus Reuss 1845 [synonym], Galeocerdo hartwellii Cope 1872 [synonym]
†Squalicorax intermedius Glickman 1971
†Squalicorax kaupi Agassiz 1843
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Invalid names: Corax bassanii Gemmellaro 1919 [synonym], Squalicorax lindstromi Davis 1890 [synonym]
†Squalicorax lalunaensis Guinot and Carrillo-Briceño 2018
†Squalicorax microserratus Cappetta et al. 2014
†Squalicorax moodyi Guinot and Carrillo-Briceño 2018
†Squalicorax mutabilis Siversson and Cook 2018
†Squalicorax parallelus Coquand 1859
†Squalicorax pawpawensis Siverson et al. 2007
†Squalicorax primaevus Dalinkevičius 1935
†Squalicorax primigenius Landemaine 1991
†Squalicorax priscoserratus Siverson et al. 2007
†Squalicorax pristodontus Agassiz 1835 [crow shark]
†Squalicorax trapezoidalis Coquand 1859
†Squalicorax yangaensis Dartevelle and Casier 1943
Invalid names: Anacorax White and Moy-Thomas 1940 [objective synonym], Eoanacorax Glikman and Shvazhaite 1971 [synonym], Palaeoanacorax Glickman 1971 [synonym], Palaeoanacorax volgensis Glickman 1971 [nomen dubium], Priscusurus Kriwet 2006 [synonym], Priscusurus adruptodontus Kriwet 2006 [nomen dubium], Squalicorax primulus Müller and Diedrich 1991 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available