Pseudocorax granti Cappetta and Case 1975 (mackerel shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Pseudocoracidae

Synonym: Pseudocorax primulus Müller and Diedrich 1991

Full reference: H. Cappetta and G. R. Case. 1975. Sélaciens nouveaux du Crétacé du Texas. Geobios 8:303-307

Belongs to Pseudocorax according to H. Cappetta and G. R. Case 1999

See also Cappetta and Case 1975, Case 1991, Siverson 1996 and Siverson 1997

Sister taxa: Pseudocorax affinis, Pseudocorax duchaussoisi, Pseudocorax kindlimanni, Pseudocorax laevis

Type specimens:

  • Pseudocorax granti: Its type locality is North Sulphur River at Ladonia (NSR), which is in a Campanian carbonate marl in the Taylor Marl Formation of Texas
  • Pseudocorax primulus: Nr. 12 496. Its type locality is Ascheloh, which is in a Cenomanian marine limestone in Germany.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Germany (1 collection), Israel (1), United States (9: Delaware, Georgia, Mississippi, New Jersey, Texas)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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