Scindocorax
Extinct genus of sharks
Scindocorax Temporal range: Santonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
Order: | Lamniformes |
Family: | †Anacoracidae |
Genus: | †Scindocorax Bourdon, Wright, Lucas, Spielmann, & Pence, 2011[1] |
Species: | †S. novimexicanus |
Binomial name | |
†Scindocorax novimexicanus Bourdon, Wright, Lucas, Spielmann, & Pence, 2011 |
Scindocorax is an extinct genus of mackerel sharks that lived during the Late Cretaceous. It contains a single valid species, S. novimexicanus, from the Point Lookout Sandstone of New Mexico.[1]
References
- ^ a b Bourdon, J.; Wright, K.; Lucas, S.G.; Spielmann, J.A.; Pence, R. (2011). "Selachians from the Upper Cretaceous (Santonian) Hosta Tongue of the Point Lookout Sandstone, central New Mexico". New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin. 52: 1–54.
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