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Squalicorax yangaensis

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Anacoracidae

Taxonomy
Corax yangaensis was named by Dartevelle and Casier (1943). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lac Yanga, which is in a Santonian/Campanian carbonate limestone in Angola.

It was recombined as Microanacorax yangaensis by Glikman (1980); it was recombined as Squalicorax yangaensis by Antunes and Cappetta (2002), Bourdon et al. (2011), Cicimurri et al. (2014), Schubert et al. (2017), Salama et al. (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by M. Clapham on 2020-09-03; modified by M. Clapham on 2025-09-16

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1943Corax yangaensis Dartevelle and Casier p. 96 figs. Pl 1, figs 14-29
1980Microanacorax yangaensis Glikman p. 115
2002Squalicorax yangaensis Antunes and Cappetta p. 118 figs. Pl 7, figs 2-4
2011Squalicorax yangaensis Bourdon et al. p. 17 figs. 10G,H, 11A-G
2014Squalicorax yangaensis Cicimurri et al. p. 16 figs. 11A-H
2017Squalicorax yangaensis Schubert et al. p. 13 figs. 5.6-5.13
2021Squalicorax yangaensis Salama et al. p. 3058 figs. 3c,g, 4c

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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
speciesyangaensis(Dartevelle and Casier 1943)

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 yangaensis Dartevelle and Casier 1943
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available