†Paracorax Cappetta 1977 (mackerel shark)
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Gnathostomata - Chondrostei - Coccocephalichthyidae
Full reference: H. Cappetta. 1977. Observations sur quelques sélaciens du Crétacé supérieur d'Angleterre avec la description d'un genre nouveau. Geobios 10:479-485
Parent taxon: Anacoracidae according to H. Cappetta 1977
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Galeocorax, Nanocorax, Ptychocorax, Scindocorax, Squalicorax
Subtaxa: Paracorax jaekeli Paracorax unilateralis
Type: Galeocerdo jaekeli
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Lithuania (2 collections), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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