Ozarcus Pradel et al. 2014 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Symmoriiformes - Falcatidae

Full reference: A. Pradel, J. G. Maisey, P. Tafforeau, R. H. Mapes, and J. Mallatt. 2014. A Palaeozoic shark with osteichthyan-like branchial arches. Nature 509:608-611

Parent taxon: Falcatidae according to A. Pradel et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Damocles, Denaea, Falcatus

Subtaxa: Ozarcus mapesae

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Type: Ozarcus mapesae

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at ARC-07, Trace Creek (Carboniferous of Arkansas)

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