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Squalicorax deckeri

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Anacoracidae

Taxonomy
Squalicorax deckeri was named by Bice and Shimada (2016). Its type specimen is FHSM VP-18579, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Abandoned quarry, Jewell County, which is in a Turonian transition zone/lower shoreface sandstone in the Carlile Shale Formation of Kansas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. bassani, S. lindstroemi, S. pristodontis
Entered
by M. Clapham on 2020-08-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Squalicorax deckeri Bice and Shimada p. 179 fig. 5
2021Squalicorax deckeri Maisch et al. pp. 13, 16 figs. 8M-X

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
—Euselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderLamniformesBerg 1958
familyAnacoracidaeCasier 1947
genusSqualicoraxWhitley 1939
speciesdeckeri

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Squalicorax deckeri Bice and Shimada 2016
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available