Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Anacoracidae
Full reference: K. N. Bice and K. Shimada. 2016. Fossil marine vertebrates from the Codell Sandstone Member (middle Turonian) of the Upper Cretaceous Carlile Shale in Jewell County, Kansas, USA. Cretaceous Research 65:172-198
Belongs to Squalicorax according to H. M. Maisch et al. 2021
See also Bice and Shimada 2016
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 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 pawpawensis, Squalicorax primaevus, Squalicorax primulus, Squalicorax priscoserratus, Squalicorax pristodontus, Squalicorax sagisicus, Squalicorax trapezoidalis, Squalicorax yangaensis, Microanacorax praeyangaensis, Anacorax kugleri, Anacorax papulovi, Anacorax santonicus, Palaeoanacorax intermedius, Palaeoanacorax pamiricus, Paraanacorax obruchevi, Corax kaupi, Corax jaekeli
Type specimen: FHSM VP-18579, a tooth. Its type locality is Abandoned quarry, Jewell County, which is in a Turonian transition zone/lower shoreface sandstone in the Carlile Shale Formation of Kansas.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: Kansas, New Mexico collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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