†family Anacoracidae Casier 1947 (mackerel shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Anacoracidae

Parent taxon: Lamniformes according to J. A. Ebersole et al. 2022

See also Applegate 1970, Bogan and Agnolin 2010, Cahuzac et al. 2007, Case 1978, Case 1979, Case and Schwimmer 1988, Forey et al. 2003, Herman 1977, Nelson et al. 2016, Prámparo et al. 2013, Thurmond and Jones 1981, Trbusek 1999 and Underwood 2006

Sister taxa: Acutalamna, Alopiidae, Aquilolamnidae, Archaeolamnidae, Carchariidae, Carchariolamna, Cardabiodontidae, Cetorhinidae, Cretoxyrhinidae, Eoptolamnidae, Haimirichiidae, Hybodus dispar, Lamna (Odontaspis) ornata, Lamnidae, Megachasmidae, Mitsukurinidae, Odontaspididae, Orthodon, Otodontidae, Palaeocarcharias, Paraisuridae, Pseudocarcharidae, Pseudocarchariidae, Pseudocoracidae, Pseudoisurus, Pseudoisurus tomosus, Pseudoscapanorhynchidae, Ptychodontidae, Serratolamnidae, Truyolsodontidae

Subtaxa: Galeocorax Nanocorax Paracorax Ptychocorax Scindocorax Squalicorax

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (2: New Jersey collections)

• Cretaceous of Argentina (2), Australia (12), Brazil (5), Bulgaria (1), Canada (14: Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan), the Congo-Brazzaville (1), Czechia (2), Egypt (12), France (31), Germany (2), India (2), Israel (11), Italy (2), Japan (5), Jordan (13), Kazakhstan (20), Lebanon (1), Lithuania (9), Madagascar (1), Mexico (3), Morocco (10), the Netherlands (2), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (12), South Africa (1), Spain (4), Sweden (9), Switzerland (1), Syria (9), Tajikistan (2), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (17), United States (157: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississipii, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming), Uzbekistan (4), Venezuela (2)

Total: 386 collections including 568 occurrences

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