Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Anacoracidae
Full reference: H. Cappetta. 1991. Découverte de nouvelles faunes de sélaciens (Neoselachii) dans les phosphates maastrichtiens de la Mer Rouge, Egypte. Münchner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen Reihe A, Geologie und Paläontologie 19:17-56
Belongs to Squalicorax according to H. Cappetta et al. 2014
See also Cappetta 1991 and Zalmout and Mustafa 2001
Sister taxa: Palaeoanacorax volgensis, Squalicorax acutus, Squalicorax adruptodontus, Squalicorax arnaudi, Squalicorax baharijensis, Squalicorax bassanii, Squalicorax bazzii, Squalicorax benguerirensis, Squalicorax bernardezi, Squalicorax coquandi, Squalicorax curvatus, Squalicorax dalinkeviciusi, Squalicorax deckeri, 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, Paraanacorax obruchevi, Microanacorax praeyangaensis, Anacorax papulovi, Anacorax santonicus, Anacorax kugleri, Corax jaekeli, Corax kaupi, Palaeoanacorax intermedius, Palaeoanacorax pamiricus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Abu Ahmed, Safaga, which is in a Maastrichtian marine phosphorite in Egypt
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Egypt (2 collections), Jordan (2), Morocco (2), Syria (2)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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