Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Anacoracidae
Invalid subtaxa: Anacorax White and Moy-Thomas 1940 [objective synonym], Corax Agassiz 1843 [replaced name], Eoanacorax Glikman and Shvazhaite 1971, Palaeoanacorax Glickman 1971, Priscusurus Kriwet 2006
Parent taxon: Anacoracidae according to G. Guinot et al. 2023
See also Alessandri 1896, Amalfitano et al. 2020, Applegate 1970, Bice and Shimada 2016, Bogan and Agnolin 2010, Bourdon et al. 2011, Cahuzac et al. 2007, Cappetta 1973, Cappetta and Case 1975, Cappetta and Case 1999, Cappetta and Odin 2001, Case 1978, Case 1979, Case 1991, Case and Schwimmer 1988, Case et al. 1990, Casier 1958, Cicimurri 2003, Cicimurri et al. 2014, Corral et al. 2016, Ebersole et al. 2022, Forey et al. 2003, Guinot and Carrillo-Briceño 2018, Guinot et al. 2013, Hay 1902, Herman 1977, Hoganson et al. 2019, Jordan 1963, Leidy 1873, Maisch et al. 2021, Miller 1967, Müller and Diedrich 1991, Niedźwiedzki and Kalina 2003, Rapp 1946, Sepkoski 2002, Shimada 1996, Shimada 2006, Shimada and Martin 2008, Shimada et al. 2006, Siverson 1992, Siverson 1996, Siverson 1997, Siversson and Cook 2018, Siversson and Machalski 2017, Thurmond and Jones 1981, Underwood and Cumbaa 2010, Underwood et al. 2011, Uyeno et al. 1981, Vullo et al. 2007, Werner 1989, White and Moy-Thomas 1940, Woodward 1889 and Zalmout and Mustafa 2001
Sister taxa: Galeocorax, Microcorax, Nanocorax, Paracorax, Scindocorax
Subtaxa: Anacorax kugleri Corax jaekeli Corax maximus Corax planus Palaeoanacorax volgensis Priscusurus adruptodontus Squalicorax acutus Squalicorax arnaudi Squalicorax baharijensis Squalicorax bazzii Squalicorax benguerirensis Squalicorax bernardezi Squalicorax coquandi Squalicorax crassidens Squalicorax curvatus Squalicorax dalinkevichiusi Squalicorax deckeri Squalicorax falcatus Squalicorax intermedius Squalicorax kaupi Squalicorax lalunaensis Squalicorax microserratus Squalicorax moodyi Squalicorax mutabilis Squalicorax parallelus Squalicorax pawpawensis Squalicorax primaevus Squalicorax primigenius Squalicorax primulus Squalicorax priscoserratus Squalicorax pristodontus Squalicorax trapezoidalis Squalicorax yangaensis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (2: New Jersey collections)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (2), Australia (12), Brazil (5), Bulgaria (1), Canada (14: Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan), the Congo-Brazzaville (1), the Czech Republic (2), Egypt (12), France (29), Germany (2), India (1), Israel (7), Italy (2), Japan (5), Jordan (8), Kazakhstan (1), Lebanon (1), Lithuania (9), Madagascar (1), Mexico (3), Morocco (10), the Netherlands (2), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (4), South Africa (1), Spain (4), Sweden (9), Switzerland (1), Syria (9), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (13), United States (145: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississipii, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming), Uzbekistan (1), Venezuela (2)
Total: 326 collections including 475 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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