Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Anacoracidae
Alternative combinations: Anacorax pristodontus, Corax pristodontus, Galeocerdo pristiodontus, Galeus pristodontus
Synonym: Corax rothi Ameghino 1906
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1835. Feuilleton Additionnel aux Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles 21-64
Belongs to Squalicorax according to Y. Salama et al. 2021
See also Agassiz 1835, Agassiz 1835, Agassiz 1843, Agassiz 1843, Applegate 1970, Bilelo 1969, Bogan and Agnolin 2010, Böhm 1891, Brignon 2015, Cappetta and Case 1975, Cappetta and Corral 1999, Case 1979, Case 1987, Case and Cappetta 1997, Case et al. 2017, Casier 1958, Corral 1996, Corral et al. 2016, Cuny et al. 2012, Dartevelle and Casier 1943, Gibbes 1847, Glikman 1956, Glikman 1980, Gottfried et al. 2001, Hay 1902, Herman 1977, Hoganson et al. 2019, Jagt et al. 2006, Maury 1930, Miller 1967, Prámparo et al. 2013, Priem 1896, Rapp 1946, Shimada and Cicimurri 2006, Siverson 1997, Thurmond and Jones 1981, Vullo and Courville 2014, Weiler 1964, Woodward 1889 and Zalmout and Mustafa 2001
Sister taxa: Palaeoanacorax volgensis, Squalicorax acutus, Squalicorax adruptodontus, Squalicorax africanus, Squalicorax arnaudi, Squalicorax baharijensis, Squalicorax bassanii, Squalicorax bazzii, Squalicorax benguerirensis, Squalicorax bernardezi, Squalicorax coquandi, Squalicorax curvatus, Squalicorax dalinkeviciusi, Squalicorax deckeri, Squalicorax falcatus, Squalicorax incisus, Squalicorax intermedius, Squalicorax kaupi, Squalicorax kugleri, Squalicorax laevis, Squalicorax lalunaensis, Squalicorax microserratus, Squalicorax minor, Squalicorax mississippiensis, Squalicorax moodyi, Squalicorax mutabilis, Squalicorax parallelus, Squalicorax pawpawensis, Squalicorax primaevus, Squalicorax primulus, Squalicorax priscoserratus, Squalicorax sagisicus, Squalicorax trapezoidalis, Squalicorax yangaensis, Corax jaekeli, Corax kaupi, Microanacorax praeyangaensis, Paraanacorax obruchevi, Anacorax santonicus, Anacorax papulovi, Anacorax kugleri, Palaeoanacorax pamiricus, Palaeoanacorax intermedius
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (3: New Jersey, Texas collections)
• Cretaceous of Angola (10), Argentina (2), Belgium (8), Brazil (2), Bulgaria (1), the Congo-Kinshasa (5), Egypt (4), France (5), Germany (1), Israel (6), Jordan (4), Kazakhstan (1), Lithuania (1), Madagascar (1), Morocco (9), the Netherlands (3), Nigeria (1), the Russian Federation (1), Senegal (1), South Africa (1), Spain (5), Syria (8), United States (54: Alabama, Colorado, Delaware, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 137 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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