Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Anacoracidae
Alternative combinations: Palaeoanacorax microserratodon, Squalicorax microserratodon
Full reference: K. Shimada. 2008. New anacoracid shark from upper Cretaceous Niobrara Chalk of western Kansas, U.S.A. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28:1189-1194
Belongs to Nanocorax according to J. G. Allen and K. Shimada 2022
See also Cappetta et al. 2014, Guinot et al. 2013, Shimada 2008 and Underwood and Cumbaa 2010
Sister taxon: Nanocorax crassus
Type specimen: KUVP 141876, a set of teeth. Its type locality is Southwestern Trego County, which is in a Coniacian offshore chalk in the Niobrara Formation of Kansas.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (6 collections), the United Kingdom (8), United States (2: Kansas)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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