Pseudocorax heteroserratus Egli et al. 2025 (mackerel shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Pseudocoracidae

Full reference: H. C. Egli, B. Goode, T. Rempert and C. Rego. 2025. Pseudocorax (Chondrichthyes, Lamniformes, Pseudocoracidae) in the Upper Maastrichtian phosphates of Khouribga Province, Morocco. Journal of Paleontology 99:1423-1437

Belongs to Pseudocorax according to H. C. Egli et al. 2025

Sister taxa: Pseudocorax affinis, Pseudocorax duchaussoisi, Pseudocorax granti, Pseudocorax kindlimanni, Pseudocorax laevis

Type specimen: MMNS VP-12820, a tooth. Its type locality is Sidi Chennane [upper Couche III] (general), which is in a Maastrichtian marine phosphorite in the Couche III Formation of Morocco.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Morocco (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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