Scindocorax Bourdon et al. 2011 (mackerel shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Anacoracidae

Full reference: J. Bourdon, K. Wright, S. G. Lucas, J. A. Spielmann, and R. Pence. 2011. Selachians from the Upper Cretaceous (Santonian) Hosta Tongue of the Point Lookout Sandstone, central New Mexico. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 52:1-54

Parent taxon: Anacoracidae according to J. Bourdon et al. 2011

Sister taxa: Galeocorax, Microcorax, Nanocorax, Paracorax, Squalicorax

Subtaxa: Scindocorax novimexicanus

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Type: Scindocorax novimexicanus

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at NMMNH L-297, Rio Puerco (Cretaceous of New Mexico)

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