Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Anacoracidae
Full reference: G. Guinot, C. J. Underwood, H. Cappetta and D. J. Ward. 2013. Sharks (Elasmobranchii: Euselachii) from the Late Cretaceous of France and the UK. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 11:589-671
Belongs to Squalicorax according to M. Siversson and T. D. Cook 2018
See also Guinot et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Palaeoanacorax volgensis, Priscusurus adruptodontus, Squalicorax acutus, Squalicorax africanus, Squalicorax arnaudi, Squalicorax baharijensis, Squalicorax bassanii, Squalicorax bazzii, Squalicorax benguerirensis, Squalicorax coquandi, Squalicorax crassidens, Squalicorax curvatus, Squalicorax dalinkeviciusi, Squalicorax deckeri, Squalicorax dubius, 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 primigenius, Squalicorax primulus, Squalicorax priscoserratus, Squalicorax pristodontus, Squalicorax sagisicus, Squalicorax trapezoidalis, Squalicorax yangaensis, Anacorax papulovi, Anacorax santonicus, Anacorax kugleri, Corax jaekeli, Corax kaupi, Microanacorax praeyangaensis, Paraanacorax obruchevi, Palaeoanacorax intermedius, Palaeoanacorax pamiricus
Type specimen: University of Montpellier JUH1-28, a tooth. Its type locality is Justine-Herbigny (JUH), which is in a Turonian carbonate chalk in France.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Australia (2 collections), France (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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