Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Anacoracidae
Alternative combinations: Corax falcatus, Galeocerdo falcatus, Palaeocorax falcatus, Sinkorax falcatus
Synonyms: Corax boreaui Coquand 1860, Corax elongatus Coquand 1860, Corax heterodon Reuss 1845, Corax obliquus Reuss 1845, Galeocerdo hartvelli Cope 1872, Galeocerdo hartwellii Cope 1872, Palaeoanacorax obliquus Reuss 1845, Squalicorax boreaui Coquand 1860, Squalicorax elongatus Coquand 1860, Squalicorax hartwellii Cope 1872, Squalicorax heterodon Reuss 1845, Squalicorax obliquus Reuss 1845
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1843. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (15me, 16me livraison) 157-390
Belongs to Squalicorax according to J. G. Allen and K. Shimada 2022
See also Agassiz 1843, Alessandri 1896, Amalfitano et al. 2020, Antunes and Cappetta 2002, Applegate 1970, Bardack 1968, Barrois 1874, Bice and Shimada 2016, Bilelo 1969, Biriukov 2018, Böhm 1891, Cahuzac et al. 2007, Cappetta 1973, Cappetta et al. 2014, Cappetta and Case 1999, Case et al. 2001, Case et al. 1990, Cicimurri 2004, Dalinkevičius 1935, Dartevelle and Casier 1943, Forey et al. 2003, Glikman 1956, Glikman 1980, Guinot et al. 2013, Hamm and Cicimurri 2011, Hay 1902, Herman 1977, Leidy 1873, Maisch et al. 2021, Müller and Diedrich 1991, Retzler et al. 2013, Shimada 1996, Shimada 2006, Shimada and Martin 2008, Shimada et al. 2006, Thurmond and Jones 1981, Whitley 1965, Woodward 1889 and Zaręczny 1878
Sister taxa: Palaeoanacorax volgensis, Priscusurus adruptodontus, Squalicorax acutus, Squalicorax africanus, Squalicorax arnaudi, Squalicorax baharijensis, Squalicorax bassanii, Squalicorax bazzii, Squalicorax benguerirensis, Squalicorax bernardezi, Squalicorax coquandi, Squalicorax crassidens, Squalicorax curvatus, Squalicorax dalinkeviciusi, Squalicorax deckeri, Squalicorax dubius, 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, Microanacorax praeyangaensis, Anacorax papulovi, Anacorax kugleri, Anacorax santonicus, Corax kaupi, Corax jaekeli, Palaeoanacorax pamiricus, Palaeoanacorax intermedius, Paraanacorax obruchevi
Subtaxa: Palaeoanacorax obliquus subserratus
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (5 collections), Belgium (3), Brazil (2), Canada (4: Manitoba, Saskatchewan), the Congo-Kinshasa (3), Czechia (2), France (8), Germany (2), Israel (3), Italy (2), Japan (1), Lebanon (1), Lithuania (6), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (6), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (5), United States (67: Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 122 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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