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†family Pseudocoracidae Cappetta 2012 (mackerel shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Pseudocoracidae

Parent taxon: Lamniformes according to J. A. Ebersole et al. 2022

See also Bice and Shimada 2016 and Nelson et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Acutalamna, Alopiidae, Anacoracidae, Aquilolamnidae, Archaeolamnidae, Carchariidae, Carchariolamna, Cardabiodontidae, Cetorhinidae, Cretoxyrhinidae, Eoptolamnidae, Haimirichiidae, Hybodus dispar, Lamna (Odontaspis) ornata, Lamnidae, Megachasmidae, Mitsukurinidae, Odontaspididae, Orthodon, Otodontidae, Palaeocarcharias, Paraisuridae, Pseudocarcharidae, Pseudocarchariidae, Pseudoisurus, Pseudoisurus tomosus, Pseudoscapanorhynchidae, Ptychodontidae, Serratolamnidae, Truyolsodontidae, Xiphodolamiidae

Subtaxa: Pseudocorax

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Type: Pseudocorax

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Egypt (1 collection), France (11), Germany (1), Israel (4), Lebanon (1), Lithuania (1), Mexico (1), Morocco (1), the Russian Federation (5), Sweden (2), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (7), United States (22: Alabama, Delaware, Georgia, Kansas, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, Texas)

Total: 58 collections each including a single occurrence

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