Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Anacoracidae
Alternative combination: Palaeoanacorax pawpawensis
Full reference: M. Siverson, J. Lindgren, and L. S. Kelley. 2007. Anacoracid sharks from the Albian (Lower Cretaceous) Pawpaw Shale of Texas. Palaeontology 50:939-950
Belongs to Squalicorax according to J. G. Allen and K. Shimada 2022
See also Bice and Shimada 2016, Guinot et al. 2013, Siverson et al. 2007, Siversson and Cook 2018 and Underwood and Cumbaa 2010
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 primaevus, Squalicorax primulus, Squalicorax priscoserratus, Squalicorax pristodontus, Squalicorax sagisicus, Squalicorax trapezoidalis, Squalicorax yangaensis, Microanacorax praeyangaensis, Palaeoanacorax intermedius, Palaeoanacorax pamiricus, Corax jaekeli, Corax kaupi, Paraanacorax obruchevi, Anacorax papulovi, Anacorax kugleri, Anacorax santonicus
Type specimen: SMU 76312, a shell. Its type locality is SMU Loc. 263, Motorola site, which is in an Albian coastal claystone/sandstone in the Paw Paw Formation of Texas.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Saskatchewan collection), the United Kingdom (3), United States (10: Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Texas)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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