Nanocorax Cappetta 2012 (mackerel shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Anacoracidae

Synonym: Microcorax Cappetta and Case 1975 [replaced name]

Parent taxon: Anacoracidae according to G. Guinot and J. D. Carrillo-BriceƱo 2018

See also Cappetta et al. 2014, Cappetta and Case 1975, Cappetta and Case 1999, Guinot et al. 2013, Sepkoski 2002 and Shimada et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Galeocorax, Paracorax, Ptychocorax, Scindocorax, Squalicorax

Subtaxa: Nanocorax crassus Nanocorax microserratodon

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Type: Microcorax crassus

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of France (7 collections), Israel (1), the United Kingdom (9), United States (5: Colorado, Kansas, Texas), Venezuela (1)

Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence

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